INTERNATIONAL FISHERY GIS SOCIETY
(国際水産GIS学会)
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DR TOM NISHIDA and DR KIYOSHI ITOH

(REPRESENTATIVES)
C/o Environmental Simulation Laboratory
2F, Noble Build., 2 -4 .1, Arajuku, Kawagoe-City, Saitama, Japan 350-1124
E-mail: fish-gis@world.odn.ne.jp, http://www.esl.co.jp/Sympo/index.htm
Phone : 81(Japan)-49-242-9262, FAX: 81(Japan)-49-241-2442

INTERNATIONAL FISHERY GIS SOCIETY was established in 1997. It is located at the Environmental Simulation Laboratory (ESL), Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan. The objective of this Society is to promote GIS and Spatial analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences. Its primary activity is to organize the tri-ennial 'International Symposium on GIS/Spatial analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences' and to publish its Proceedings. There are some 5,000 members in more than 50 countries and some 20 international organizations.

SUPPORTING MEMBERS (ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF THE LAST NAMES)
Dr J. Aguilar-Manjarrez Aquaculture Service, FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture Department, Italy
Dr Jarbas Bonetti Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus Universitario, Brazil
Dr Din Chen Jian-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Georgia Southern Univ., Usa
Dr William L. Fisher NY Cooperative Fish &Amp; Wildlife Res. Unit, Cornell University, Usa
Mr Md. Zakir Hossain Asian Institute Of Technology (AIT), Pathumthani ,Thailand
Dr Alessandro Gimona James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, Scotland, Uk
Dr James Kapetsky FAO Senior Fishery Resources Officer (Retired) and C-Fast, Inc., Usa
Dr Geoff Meaden Consultant and Canterbury Christ Church Univ. College (Retired), Uk
Dr Francis Nwosu Sr Res Fellow, Institute of Oceanography, Univ. of Calabar, Nigeria
Dr Graham J. Pierce Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, Uk
Dr Naoki Tojo Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Expert, Out-Posted to Morocco
Mr Vasilis D. Valavanis Marine GIS Laboratory (MGIS), Iraklio, Crete, Greece
Dr Jianjun Wang Dept. of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, Uk