Organization – The World Oyster Society

Organization Chart

Please click each chapter’s box to see each director’s “Policy and Planning for Chapter Management”.

President

Prof. Mori is Professor Emeritus of Tohoku University and the President of the Foundation of Oyster Reserach Institute (ORI), Japan. He carried out research on the mechanisms of reproduction and bio-defense in shellfish.

1972:Ph.D. in Agricultural Science, Tohoku University (1974－1976:NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Halifax, Canada)
1985:Chief of Research Section, National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Fisheries Agency, Japan
1999:Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku Univ.
2001:Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku Univ.
2000－2003:President of Japan Aquaculture Society
2003－2020:President and Board Chairman of ORI
2005－the present:President of the World Oyster Society

Members of Steering Committee

Dr. Pierre BOUDRY

IFREMER, France
Mr. Steve Bowley

Pacific Estate Oysters, Australia
Prof. Ching-Fong Chang

National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
Ms. Jill Coates

South Australian Oyster Grower, Australia

Director of the Asian and Oceanian Chapter
Ms. Kahren DOWCETT

The Living Arts Institute, USA
Dr. Anamarija FRANKIC

University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB), USA University of Zadar, Croatia
Dr. Jonathan KING

Bangor University, UK

Director of the European and African Chapter
Dr. René E. LAVOIE

Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada

Senior Advisor of the North and South American Chapter
Prof. Kuo-Tien LEE

National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
Prof. Qi LI

Ocean University of China

Director of the Chinese Chapter
Dr. Ir. Nancy NEVEJAN

Ghent University, Belgium
Dr. Wayne A. O'CONNOR

Department of Primary Industries, NSW, Australia
Dr. René ROBERT

IFREMER, France
Dr. Wei -Cheng SU

Fisheries Research Institute Council of Agriculture, Taiwan
Dr. Keisuke TAKAHASHI

Tohoku University, Japan

Vice President
Prof. Atsushi TAKEDA

University of Shizuoka, Japan
Prof. Aswani K. VOLETY

Elon University, N.C., USA

Director of the North and South American Chapter
Dr. Mitsugu Watanabe

Watanabe Oyster Laboratory Co., Ltd., Japan

Director of the Japanese Chapter
Prof. Mamoru YOSHIMIZU

Hokkaido University, Japan
Prof. Ziniu Yu

South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China