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PAMBA President John van der Meer (Canada, on the right) poses with long-time IMBC supporter, Joseph Baker (Australia).
PAMBA Vice-President, Sergio Marshall (Chile), smiles for the camera in IMBC lecture room.
Sang-Jin Kim (South Korea, on the left) and John van der Meer (Canada) pose for a photo before the start of the sessions.
Tadashi Matsunaga (Japan, on the left) in conversation with IMBC organizer Song Qin (P.R. China).
Student delegate Jeanette Davis (USA) and PAMBA President John van der Meer (Canada) interrupt their conversation for a photo.
PAMBA member Russell Hill (USA) working diligently on his laptop between sessions.
New PAMBA member Vitalia Henríquez (Chile) at her poster presentation during the IMBC.
PAMBA President, John van der Meer (Canada) poses with unidentified Chinese students at the IMBC.
PAMBA President John van der Meer poses with another student, Mengxin Xing, at the IMBC.
Song Qin, conference organizer, looks serene as final session of IMBC draws to a close.
A lovely and talented string quartet plays as delegates arrive for the banquet.
Delegates are entertained by an actor in a traditional folkloric show at the banquet.
Another actor performing a traditional role during the show.
PAMBA President John van der Meer poses with successful team of delegates from India. From left to right, Babita Balakrishnan, Sushama Ramchandra Parab, Madhavi Indap (Supervisor) and Aditya Satish Akerkar. All three students won presentation awards. They are also new members of PAMBA.
Qingdao’s landmark “Wuyue Feng” or "May Wind" sculpture in seaside Wusi Square with government buildings in background.
Xuecheng Zhang - friend, colleague and organizer/companion for van der Meer's travel in China, enjoying a seafood dinner with the President of PAMBA.
Entrance to ancient Taoist temple complex at the southeastern base of Mount Laoshan.
Researcher Qiufen (Helen) Li (Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute (YSFRI)), with husband Xiaoming Liu and daughter ShanShan, on tour of the Mount Laoshan region with van der Meer.
Interesting fountain at Qingdao Beer Museum.
PAMBA President John van der Meer poses in front of a beautiful building housing an extensive collection of marine specimens at the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science. Chinese colleagues, left to right: Xiugeng Fei, Bin-Gui Wang (Deputy Director) and Di Xu
Xuecheng Zhang and John van der Meer (PAMBA) pictured with bust of the late C.K. Tseng, who laid the foundations for China's seaweed cultivation industry and is considered by many to have been China's most important phycologist.
Bing Chen (center) owner of a large aquaculture farm near Rongcheng, (Shandong Gaolv Aquatic Products Co. Ltd.) with Xuecheng Zhang and John van der Meer.
A view of part of the large aquaculture farm (Shandong Gaolv Aquatic Products Co. Ltd.) near Rongcheng.
Greenhouse (Shandong Gaolv Aquatic Products Co. Ltd.) for cultivation of juvenile kelp, Laminaria japonica, that will later be cultivated to maturity in the ocean.
PAMBA President John van der Meer and Xiugeng Fei with Peng Fei Fu (in blue), senior manager of a kelp cultivation and processing company, (Shangdong Haizhibao Ocean Science and Technology Co., Ltd.) near Rongcheng.
Kelp being processed into one of several products (Shangdong Haizhibao Ocean Science and Technology Co., Ltd.) for both domestic and export markets.
John van der Meer sits with graduate student Lien Yang, who stayed with him during his nights in hospital to provide translation if needed.
PAMBA President, John van der Meer poses with nursing team while being discharged from hospital in Nanjing, after treatment for a kidney stone attack.
One of the buildings at the Confucius temple complex in the Fuzimiao district of Nanjing.
Chinese tourists getting dressed in period costumes for photographs at the Confucius temple complex.
One of several beautiful bridges crossing canals in the Fuzimiao district.
Canal tour boat in the Fuzimiao district.
PAMBA President, John van der Meer, presents a lecture at the Changshu Institute of Technology
Pu Xu (who organized part of van der Meer’s lecture tour in China) makes a comment during the seminar at the Changshu Institute of Technology.
Flowers and natural rock sculpture in a beautiful walled garden, Zhouzhengyuan, in Suzhou.
A gondola on a canal of the ancient water village, Zhouzhuang
A Chinese woman sings and sculls her gondola during a rainy tour of canals in Zhouzhuang.
A magnificent bridge over a canal is the focus of this tranquil scene in Zhouzhuang.
A dragon design highlights this tour boat on the Huangpo river in Shanghai.
John van der Meer visits with an old friend, Sujuan Wang, a senior seaweed scientist, in her apartment in Shanghai.
Group photo taken after van der Meer’s seminar presentation at the Shanghai Ocean University. From left to right: Peimin He, Xuecheng Zhang, John van der Meer, Jia Hai Ma, Zhi-Gang Zhou, Rui Jia and Chunar Cai.
Another brief pause for a photo during tour of seaweed laboratories at the Shanghai Ocean University. With van der Meer are Jia Hai Ma (on left) and Peimin He.
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