The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. I. Chiu Liao, known as "the father of Penaeus monodon farming."
"Throughout Asia, Dr. Liao is known as the father of Penaeus monodon farming, but actually I think he's more than that. I think he's the father of shrimp farming in Asia, because he started the whole business, and it radiated well beyond Taiwan," said GAA President George Chamberlain. The award was presented Nov. 1 at the GAA's GOAL conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
Dr. Liao was born in Tokyo, Japan. He earned a Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo and went on to become a research fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation in 1968. He served as director of Tungkang Marine Laboratory from 1969 to 1987, director general of the Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute from 1987 to 2002 and chairman of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan from 2005 to 2008.
This was the second of two Lifetime Achievement Awards that GAA handed out during GOAL 2012. On Oct. 31, Dr. Chingchai Lohawatanakul, president of Charoen Pokphand Foods PLC, was honored for his contributions to the success of Thailand's thriving aquaculture industry as well as his contributions to responsible aquaculture worldwide.
