Notice of AFS nominations and Elections
01 Apr, 2022
Dear AFS Members,
This is to announce that we have 11 nominees for the AFS 14th Council (2022-2025) and one position (Incoming President) for ratification by the General Assembly during the 13th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum. The Immediate Past President is an automatic member of the next Council. The AFS ExeCom will be voted on by the 14th Council during its first council meeting. It is composed of the Immediate Past President, President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. A year later, the "Incoming President" is chosen by Council and joins the ExeCom.
The 11 nominees and two other positions for the 14th AFS Council are:
| No | Name | Organization | Country |
| Nominees | |||
| 1 | Nur Leena Wong Wai Sin | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia |
| 2 | Murni Marlina Abd Karim | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia |
| 3 | Jin Long Yang | Shanghai Ocean University | China |
| 4 | Liping Liu | Shanghai Ocean University | China |
| 5 | Hong-Thih Lai | National Chiayi University | Taiwan |
| 6 | Han-Jia Lin | National Taiwan Ocean University | Taiwan |
| 7 | Wilfredo Campos | University of the Philippines Visayas | Philippines |
| 8 | Ikuo Hirono | Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology | Japan |
| 9 | Kuldeep Kumar Lal | ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) | India |
| 10 | C.N Ravishankar | ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE) | India |
| 11 | Indah Susilowati | University of Diponegoro, Semarang Indonesia | Indonesia |
| 12 | *One more seat available for the Council position! | ||
| Positions for ratification by the GA | |||
| 13 | Neil Loneragan (Incoming AFS President) | Murdoch University | Australia |
| Immediate Past President | |||
| 14 | Alice Joan Ferrer (Immediate Past President) | University of the Philippines Visayas | Philippines |
*The Council members should be 14 members including Incoming AFS President and Immediate Past President.
*One more seat available for the council position.
The Constitution and By-Laws of the AFS as follows:
1) Nominations of candidates for election as Councillors:
a) Shall be made in writing signed by two full members of the Society and accompanied by the written consent of the candidate (which may be endorsed on the form of nomination);
b) Shall be accompanied by a brief biography of the candidate;
c) Shall be delivered to the Executive Officer of the Society at least three months before the date fixed for the holding of the General Assembly;
d) Not more than two persons from the same nationality or from one country or territory in the Asia Pacific will be elected to the Council at the same time.
2) If insufficient nominations are received to fill all vacancies on the Council, the candidates nominated shall be deemed to be elected and further nominations for the vacant Council positions shall be received at the General Assembly.
3) If the number of nominations received is equal to the number of vacancies to be filled, the persons nominated shall be deemed to be elected.
4) If the number of nominations exceeds the number of vacancies to be filled, a ballot shall be held.
5) The ballot for the election of Councillors shall be conducted by using available secured mechanisms as decided by the Executive Committee and at the General Assembly in such usual and proper manner as the Council may direct.
Attention: AFS needs one more nominee to fill the position of councillor. The vacant Council position will be filled during the General Assembly (GA). The elections will be held during the General Assembly (GA), if the nominations receive more than one.
Thank you.
Prof. Emeritus Neil Loneragan
Chair, Nomination and Elections Committee
Asian Fisheries Society
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