Prof. Qu KM and Prof. Chen BJ from YSFRI participated in the U.S.-China Living Marine Resources Panel and the Joint workshop on oil spill impacts to living marine resources, held in Seattle, Washington, US, on February 12-16th, 2014.

The workshop was hosted by the Office of Science and Technology & Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Dr. Ned Cyr, Director of the Office of Science and Technology at NOAA, and Dr. Liu YJ, Deputy Director of Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS) together chaired this panel and the workshop. Nine representatives from CAFS and 15 representatives from NOAA attended the activities.

During the meeting, Prof. Qu gave a presentation on Technology of Assessing Marine Fishery Resources Losses Caused by Oil Spill. He introduced Chinese experience on assessment of losses caused by oil spill, citing the example of shipwreck accidents of Malta oil tanker "Tasman Sea" and China coastal ship "Shunkai No. 1" in the Bohai Bay, 2002, and the collision of Chinese ship "Jin Gan 6" with a foreign vessel near Bohai Strait, on July 8, 2004. Prof. Qu also made a presentation about the Advances in wastewater recycling technology of marine recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). Prof. Chen BJ gave a presentation on Toxic impacts and mid-long term effects of oil spill on marine organisms. She introduced the toxic effects of petroleum hydrocarbon on clams and finfish, and the expert system for evaluating the impact of petroleum hydrocarbon on the marine organisms.

The U.S.-China Living Marine Resources Panel was set up in 1994, under the auspices ofthe U.S.-China Marine and Fishery Science and Technology Protocol. The principle of this Panel is to improve effective mechanisms for bilateral cooperation on living marine resource, enhance and enlarge cooperation on oceanology and marine fisheries, so as to cope with climate change and promote the sustainable utilization of living marine resources.

The meeting has facilitated the exchange of knowledge between the Chinese and U.S. scientists for supporting the management of living marine resources. During this meeting, the status and progress of joint activities was reviewed, and joint priorities and specific areas for collaboration (short and longer-term activities) and mechanisms and resources to sustain cooperation and joint activities over the next five years has been identified.