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President
Keiji Washio |
| This school is the only fisheries-focused institution of higher education
in Japan that is managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
As we celebrate our 70th anniversary this year, we are proud to have produced
many talented graduates who are now active on the front lines of the fishing
industry and related professions, both in Japan and abroad, and to have
made many important contributions to the Japanese fisheries industry. We have been an "independent administrative corporation" since 2001, and the entire university community has been working together to provide ever expanding and advanced levels of education and research so as to achieve the goal of "cultivating those who will play a leading role in the fisheries industry in the future," which is the institutional purpose clarified in the National Fisheries University Act. |
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| In the Third Interim Plan (2011-2015) that starts this year, we are striving to place an even greater emphasis than before on education: (1) education to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to understand the current challenges facing the fishing industry, as well as fisheries policies, and to ensure the dissemination of those policies, (2) practical education that combines internships and other on-site learning with classroom learning, (3) comprehensive fisheries education that organically highlights the cycle from production to consumption, and (4) education to give students the social foundations they will need to perform their jobs with a diverse of array of people in society. We will continue to contribute to society by offering this kind of distinctive educational and research environment, equipping students with a broad range of knowledge and skills related to the fisheries industry, and cultivating people who are prepared to playing a leading role in fisheries occupations. Finally, I would like to express my sincerest condolences to all of the victims of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, and wish everyone affected the speediest of recoveries. Since fishing was a core industry in many of the affected regions, the recovery of the fishing industry will be essential to recovery in those regions. Given that it is this school's mission to develop human resources to play leading roles in the fishing industry, we are prepared to do everything we can to facilitate recovery efforts. Keiji Washio |