Bill Shelton received a Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the US Aquaculture Society in 2019, and was active in WAS, including co-organizing a 2009 Paddlefish Symposium, serving on the Aquaculture Scientific Advisory Panel from 2003 to 2014, serving as liaison from WAS to the American Fisheries Society, and serving as organizer and session chair in aquaculture at 2004 and 2009 meetings. Bill also was active in the American Fisheries Society, was an AFS Fellow, a 50-year Gold Member of AFS, and President of the Fish Culture Section in 2002-2003. He was editor of the Progresive Fish-Culturist and the North American Journal of Aquaculture (1995-2009), and editor of the North American Journal of Fisheries Management (1990-1992). He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Chapter of AFS in 2016, In addition to his lifelong career in fisheries research, Bill was a veteran of the US Air Force, first as an enlisted Air Evacuation Technician, then as a pilot with the rank of Captain. He flew C-97s and C-124s across the Pacific, moving cargo in and out of Vietnam during the war. He also leaves behind many close friends and colleagues. His warmth as a person and his input to fisheries will be greatly missed!   — William J. Matthews, Edie Marsh-Matthews and Ana (Kiki) Hiott Copyright © 2001- 2025 World Aquaculture Society All Rights Reserved. advertisement5/5Masopust runs through Ash Wednesday Výstava s tímto názvem potrvá v Městské galerii Vodňany do 29 Vodňany /FOTOGALERIE/ - Městská galerie připomíná umělce v plánu je busta a stálá expozice… Jeho obraz Ležící hoch se předevčírem prodal 
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z prací jsou vystaveny poprvé Expozice Návrat malíře Jana Zrzavého do Vodňan potrvá do 29 zaznamenal rozhovor před umělcovými osmdesátinami Utekl jsem tam na začátku války a Julius Zeyer Do Vodňan přišel v roce 1942 v obavě o sebe a své dílo v Praze „Janu Zrzavému se ale ani přes velké úsilí nepodařilo docílit prodloužení pronájmu bytu která měl tak rád,“ uvedla kurátorka Martina Havlínová Osou expozice jsou díla patřící vodňanské galerii Kurátorka chtěla vystavit práce se vztahem k městu některé zapůjčili majitelé z Vodňan 
a okolí byl jeho duchovní guru,“ vysvětlila kurátorka Zvláštnost podle ní představují reprodukce autorem kolorované – v době Martina Havlínová natočila rozhovory s několika přáteli Jana Zrzavého vzpomínky a příhody z náhodných setkání jsou v expozici  jednak vytištěné a jednak je přibližuje audioprojekce Díky své práci na poli orální historie objevila kurátorka zajímavost z jeho životaběhu Jan Zrzavý si ve Vodňanech vybral byt v Bavorovské ulici které malíř nabízel místním oplátkou za služby – paspartování I obrazy s takovým příběhem jsou součástí expozice Obohacuje ji ještě osobní korespondence a fotografie Samotná vernisáž měla tak ohromnou návštěvnost Expozice navazuje na tři předchozí výstavy ve Vodňanech z let 1978 Kurátorka Martina Havlínová chce osobnost Jana Zrzavého dostat do trvalého povědomí vodňanských Plánuje stálou expozici obrazů a pamětní desku V Alšově síni je nyní návrh bronzové busty od sochaře Richarda Rudovského How to ensure fish protection in aquaculture through oral vaccines This is the focus of a review article in a prestigious journal Reviews in Aquaculture the Faculty of Fisheries and Water Conservation at the University of South Bohemia in Vodňany and the Biological Centre of the CAS in České Budějovice aquaculture has become the fastest growing food production sector in the world It currently produces more than 80 million tonnes of aquatic animals per year But there are some problems associated with this type of farming including the high susceptibility of farmed fish to disease Although the estimated annual losses are approximately 10 percent of all aquatic animals they amount to more than $10 billion per year globally and represent a major constraint to aquaculture worldwide Efforts to prevent large-scale losses and the spread of disease often resort to the use of pharmaceuticals and antibiotics the application of which in aquatic environments is undesirable due to residues in farmed products and increased bacterial resistance Producers therefore try to prevent fish diseases in the first place A very promising way is to immunise fish through vaccines immunology and molecular biology have enabled the development of vaccines containing specific immunogenic proteins – antigens that can be given to fish orally as one of their feed components The use of plants is advantageous for the preparation of these so-called edible vaccines “We now have methods and techniques that allow us to modify different plant species to produce specific antigens we discuss why the use of plants for the production of oral vaccines is advantageous and we also give an overview of the strategies that have already been used for this purpose,” said the first author of the paper The review paper is one of the outcomes of the collaboration between the two academic institutions The paper also builds on Alžbeta Mičúchová’s research as part of her PhD studies “I am focusing on creating transgenic barley lines that will produce antigens from two viral pathogens that attack carp or salmon colleagues at the University of South Bohemia will test the ability of these antigens to stimulate an immune response in live fish Our cooperation will therefore continue,” added Mičúchová We use cookies and any other network identifiers on our website that may contain personal data (e.g We and some of the service providers we use have access to or store this data on your device This data helps us to operate and improve our services your consent is required to process data collected in this way You can change or revoke your consent at any time (see the link at the bottom the page) Read more