The World Aquaculture Society (WAS) was founded in 1969 and its membership has grown significantly in over 100 countries, representing the global aquaculture community. In order to meet the expanding international nature of the Society and to address specific needs in various areas of the world, the WAS has created Chapters in the United States, Japan, Korea, Latin American and Caribbean region, Asian-Pacific region and most recently in Africa.
The African Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society (WAS-AC) was established in November 2018 as a platform to address the needs and aspirations of the African aquaculture sector. The annual meetings of WAS are recognized as the “premier” aquaculture conferences and exhibitions - bringing together a wide variety of aquaculturists from the commercial, academic, governmental, developmental partners and other actors in the field – in line with WAS’s vision and strategic plan. In addition to conferencing, the WAS and its partners regularly collaborate on some educational, technological, knowledge building and information exchange initiatives through j oint research programmes, seminars/ webinars, dialogues, special training courses, general networking, honors and awards programmes, expositions and student development programmes. We encourage aquaculture actors in Africa to join WAS and be part of a network and community active in advancing sustainable aquaculture development in Africa.