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| Corporate Name | General Association – Aquatic Life Conservation Society (ALCS) |
| Post Address |  |
| Executives | Chair of Board – 5 Board Members – Auditor |
| Founding | 2002 |
| Mission in Brief | Research and conservation of animals and plants in inland waters. Hosting workshop, symposium, scientific meeting, etc. Consulting for environmental policy making. Publication on inland aquatic life conservation. |
| Charter | Articles of association |
| Accounting Disclosure | 07/2020 – 06/2021 07/2021 – 06/2022 07/2022 – 06/2023 |
Profile
1. History:
August, 2002: Started for conservation of threatened organisms in inland waters by gathering scientists working on conservation ecology, a past chair of a nature conservation fund, and a past officer of environmental agency.
April, 2003: Established as a limited liability association.
November, 2009: Re-established as a general association.
October, 2017: Office moved from Tokyo to Miyagi.
2. Mission:
See above.
3. Achievement:
Projects and Actions
2003:
• Proposal for administration of information and conservation policy of indigenous freshwater fish (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
• Proposal for administration of information and conservation policy of freshwater fish in Important Wetland 500 Japan (MOE 2002).
• Research on river environmental restoration on an indicator of reproductive condition of threatened shell fish, Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) nakasekoae (subsided by River Foundation).
2004:
• Proposal for monitoring for conservation of threatened aquatic organisms in Nobi Plain (Kiso Three Rivers Basin) (subsided by River Foundation).
• Research forum on conservation of animals and plants in fountain upheld waters (held at Nippon Seinenkaikan, Tokyo).
2005:
• Ex situ conservation of an Osaka population of Rhodeus ocellatus kurumeus (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
• Research on relationships between spawning ground of Parabotia curtus and farm weir operation in Kameoka (subsided by River Foundation).
2006:
• Ex situ conservation of an Osaka population of Rhodeus ocellatus kurumeus (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
• Conservation project of an endangered fish, Parabotia curtus – Research on reproductive ecology and genetic diversity – (subsided by Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund).
2007:
• Habitat restoration of the threatened local population of Salvelinus leucomaenis japonicus in a mountain stream (subsided by Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund).
• Surveillance of habitats and status of a protected fish, Parabotia curtus in farmland streams (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
2008:
• Habitat restoration of the threatened local population of Salvelinus leucomaenis japonicus in a mountain stream (subsided by Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund).
• Formation of reproductive ground implementing resting rice paddy for freshwater fish and other animals (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
• Conservation and restoration activity for designated threatened wild life (subsided by Kyoto Prefecture).
2009:
• Habitat restoration of the threatened local population of Salvelinus leucomaenis japonicus in a mountain stream (subsided by Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund).
• Formation of reproductive ground implementing resting rice paddy for freshwater fish and other animals (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
• Eradication of invasive alien species as conservation and restoration activity for designated threatened wild life (subsided by Kyoto Prefecture).
2010:
• Eradication of invasive alien species as conservation and restoration activity for designated threatened wild life (subsided by Kyoto Prefecture).
• Outreach activity on restoration of waters without invasive alien fish: Farm ponds in Koka, Shiga (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
• Development of conservation technology for biodiversity represented by indigenous bitterlings (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
• Hosted 5th All Japan Bitterling Summit in Komono special reference to conservation of bitterlings enrolled in conservation of Satoyama.
2011:
• Eradication of invasive alien species as conservation and restoration activity for designated threatened wild life (subsided by Kyoto Prefecture).
• Outreach activity on restoration of waters without invasive alien fish: Farm ponds in Koka, Shiga (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
• Restoration activity of Yodo River as habitat of a protected fish, Acheilognathus longipinnis (subsided by Osaka Prefecture).
• Outreach activity on restoration of waters without invasive alien fish: Secretary and editing a publication by "All Japan Citizens Network for Control of the Balckbass" (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
2012:
• Eradication of invasive alien species as conservation and restoration activity for designated threatened wild life (subsided by Kyoto Prefecture).
• Restoration activity of Yodo River as habitat of a protected fish, Acheilognathus longipinnis: deputy secretary (subsided by Osaka Prefecture).
• Outreach activity on restoration of waters without invasive alien fish: Secretary and editing a publication by "All Japan Citizens Network for Control of the Balckbass" (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
2013:
• Eradication of invasive alien species as conservation and restoration activity for designated threatened wild life (subsided by Kyoto Prefecture).
• Outreach activity on restoration of waters without invasive alien fish: Secretary and editing a publication by "All Japan Citizens Network for Control of the Balckbass" (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
2014:
• Eradication of invasive alien species as conservation and restoration activity for designated threatened wild life (subsided by Kyoto Prefecture).
• Outreach activity on restoration of waters without invasive alien fish: Secretary and editing a publication by "All Japan Citizens Network for Control of the Balckbass" (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
• Publication of "Tiny friends in Yawata: Biodiversity research report" (subsided by Yawata City).
2015:
• Eradication of invasive alien species as conservation and restoration activity for designated threatened wild life (subsided by Kyoto Prefecture).
• Outreach activity on restoration of waters without invasive alien fish: Secretary and editing a publication by "All Japan Citizens Network for Control of the Balckbass" (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
• Hosting 61th Fish Natural History Meeting (co-hosted by Japan Wildlife Research Center and Tokyo College of Environment).
• Publication of "Tiny friends in Yawata: Biodiversity research report" (subsided by Yawata City).
2016:
• Eradication of invasive alien species as conservation and restoration activity for designated threatened wild life (subsided by Kyoto Prefecture).
• Outreach activity on restoration of waters without invasive alien fish: Secretary and editing a publication by "All Japan Citizens Network for Control of the Balckbass" (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
• Outreach "Field Museum: Excursion for Wildlife Observation" in Gyotoku Bird Sanctuary (co-hosted by Gyotoku Nature Conservation Club, All Japan Citizens Network for Control of the Balckbass, Toho University Tokyo Bay Ecosystem Research Center, and Water Environmental Field Station, Ibaraki University).
2017:
• Production editing of Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Researches (ISSN: 1881-9559) (published by the Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma-Uchinuma Environmental Foundation).
• Eradication of invasive alien species as conservation and restoration activity for designated threatened wild life (subsided by Kyoto Prefecture).
• Outreach activity on restoration of waters without invasive alien fish: Secretary and editing a publication by "All Japan Citizens Network for Control of the Balckbass" (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
• Outreach "Field Museum: Excursion for Wildlife Observation" in Gyotoku Bird Sanctuary (co-hosted by Gyotoku Nature Conservation Club, All Japan Citizens Network for Control of the Balckbass, Toho University TokyoBay Ecosystem Research Center, and Water Environmental Field Station, Ibaraki University).
2018:
• Production editing of Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Researches (ISSN: 1881-9559) (published by the Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma-Uchinuma Environmental Foundation).
• Eradication of invasive alien species as conservation and restoration activity for designated threatened wild life (subsided by Kyoto Prefecture).
• Rehabilitation of an endangered bitterling, Acheilognathus typus in a lake catchment (subsided by Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund).
• Outreach activity on restoration of waters without invasive alien fish: Secretary and editing a publication by "All Japan Citizens Network for Control of the Balckbass" (subsided by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency).
• Outreach "Field Museum: Excursion for Wildlife Observation" in Gyotoku Bird Sanctuary (co-hosted by Gyotoku Nature Conservation Club, All Japan Citizens Network for Control of the Balckbass, Toho University TokyoBay Ecosystem Research Center, and Water Environmental Field Station, Ibaraki University).
• Hosted 8th All Japan Bitterling Summit in Kurihara.
2019:
• Production editing of Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Researches (ISSN: 1881-9559) (published by the Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma-Uchinuma Environmental Foundation).
• Rehabilitation of an endangered bitterling, Acheilognathus typus in a lake catchment (subsided by Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund).
• Hosted 9th All Japan Bitterling Summit in Kurihara.
2020:
• Production editing of Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Researches (ISSN: 1881-9559) (published by the Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma-Uchinuma Environmental Foundation).
• Rehabilitation of an endangered bitterling, Acheilognathus typus in a lake catchment (subsided by Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund).
• Revival of indigenous wildlife project in Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma (subsided by the Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma-Uchinuma Environmental Foundation).
2021:
• Production editing of Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Researches (ISSN: 1881-9559) (published by the Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma-Uchinuma Environmental Foundation).
• Revival of indigenous wildlife project in Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma (subsided by the Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma-Uchinuma Environmental Foundation).
• Promotion of wise-use of Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma ecosystem (subsided by the Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma-Uchinuma Environmental Foundation).
• Rehabilitation of an endangered bitterling, Acheilognathus typus in a lake catchment (subsided by Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund).
2022:
• Production editing of Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Researches (ISSN: 1881-9559) (published by the Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma-Uchinuma Environmental Foundation).
• Red swamp crayfish bio-control project.
• Eradication and post-eradication assessment of invasive fish in Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma catchment.
• Editorial Service, No-Bass Network News Magazine.
• Co-hosting 76th Fish Natural History Meeting (hosted by Japan Wildlife Research Center and co-hosted by Tokyo College of Environment).
2023:
• Production editing of Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Researches (ISSN: 1881-9559) (published by the Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma-Uchinuma Environmental Foundation).
• Red swamp crayfish bio-control project.
• Eradication and post-eradication assessment of invasive fish in Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma catchment.
• Editorial supervision of "hommsapi's Report of Observing Living Things" (published by KADOKAWA).
• Editorial Service, No-Bass Network News Magazine.
Advisory and Committee Membership
• Executive Board, All Japan Citizens Network for Control of the Balckbass (No-Bass Network)
• Review Board, Control of Largemouth Bass and Other Invasive Alien Fish, Ministry of Environment, Japan
• Chair, Executive Board, Suntory Fund for Bird Conservation
• Organizer, 5th All Japan Bitterling Summit in Komono
• Publishing Editor, Fish Story Magazine – “Botejako”
• Lecturer, Yodo River Bar Ponds Clean Campaign, Yodo River Management Office, Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan
• Collaborator, Invasive Alien Fish Control Angling Campaign in Yodo River
• Lecturer, Serial Course on Environment of Akuta and Yodo Rivers (1st in 2009) – Ecosystem and Invasive Species in Akuta River
• Advisor, Excursion of Wildlife Observation to Akuta River Inlet
• Chair/Founder, Research Gourp of Indigenous Ayu Fish in Yamato River, established in 2012
• Organizer/Secretary, Citizen's Network for Conservation of Itasenpara Bitterling Acheilognathus longipinnis in Yodo River System
• Panel Member, Studies on River System and Connectivity of Hills, Humans and Oceans, Memorial Pre-Symposium of 10th Anniversary of Field Science Education and Research Center, OpenCourseWare, Kyoto University
• Executive Board, Wetland International Japan
• Deputy Chair, Assessment Committee of Nature Restoration in Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma, Miyagi Prefecture
• Editorial Board, Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Researches
• Advisory Board, Biodiversity Impact Assessment Review Committee, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestory and Fisheires, and Ministry of the Environment
• Section Editor-in-Chief (Aquatic Animals Section), Animals
• Editorial Board, Fishes
• Editorial Board, Aquaculture Journal
• Editorial Board, Aquatic Animals
• Serial lecture on genetics in aquaculture, University of Brawijaya, Malang, East Java, Indonesia
• Steering Board, Ichthyological Society of Japan
Publication and Presentation
• Kobayashi H, Matsui K. 2003. Selection of 500 important wetlands in Japan. Proceedings of General Assembly of The Japanese Society of Limnology: 3A08. Okayama.
• Kobayashi H. 2004. Issues in freshwater fish release and government conservation policy. Presented at Outreach Symposium of the Ichthyological Society of Japan, Release and Conservation of Freshwater Fish – from a Biodiversity Viewpoint. Tokyo Univeristy of Marine Science, Shinagawa, Tokyo.
• Kobayashi H. 2006. What and how is restoring clear water in Japanese environments. Plenary lecture presented at 2nd All Japan Conference for Restoration of Clear Water and Green Land, Ministry of Environment, Japan. Niigata.
• Nagata Y. 2011. Natural Ayu Fish Running up to Yamato River – A Review. Plenary lecture presented at Interactive Research Forum on Improvement Action of Yamato River Environment. Sakai, Osaka.
• Nagata Y. 2013. Fishes in Yamato River – Heritage for Future Generations. Plenary lecture presented at Interactive Research Forum on Improvement Action of Yamato River Environment. Oji, Nara.
• Nagata Y. 2013. Freshwater Fish Research and Conservation. Plenary lecture presented at 6th Symposium on Freshwater Fish Conservation in Yodo River. Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka.
• Hosoya K. 2013. Journey to Yodo River by Dr. von Siebold. Presented at 6th Symposium on Freshwater Fish Conservation in Yodo River. Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka.
• Saitoh K, Fujimoto Y, Hagiwara T. 2019. Genetic characteristics of an endangered bitterling Acheilognathus typus recurrent in Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma. Presented at 8th All Japan Bitterling Summit in Kurihara. Kannari, Kurihara, Miyagi.
• Saitoh K, Suzuki N, Ozaki M, Ishii K, Sado T, Morosawa T, Tsunagawa T, Tsuchiya M. 2019. Unusual genetic composition of an endangered bitterling Pseudorhodeus tanago populations in newly found habitats. Presented at 8th All Japan Bitterling Summit in Kurihara. Kannari, Kurihara, Miyagi.
• Asayama T, Fujimoto Y, Saitoh K. 2019. Spontaneous restored habitat of an endangered bitterling Acheilognathus melanogaster after extermination of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides in an irrigation pond. Presented at 9th All Japan Bitterling Summit in Kurihara. Shiwahime, Kurihara, Miyagi.
• Saitoh K, Fujimoto Y, Mitsuzuka M. 2020. The basic principle of irrigation pond draw down for bass eradication. Presented at 15th Invasive Fish Information Workshop. Kusatsu, Shiga.
• Saitoh K, Fujimoto Y, Hagiwara T. 2020. Recurrence of an endangered bitterling Acheilognathus typus in Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma. Presented at 26th Fish Research Meeting, Shinshu. Nobeyama Field Station, Shinshu University, Nobeyama, Nagano.
• Asayama T, Fujimoto Y, Saitoh K. 2020. Spontaneous restoration of an endangered bitterling Acheilognathus melanogaster after extermination of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides in an irrigation pond. Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Res 14:81-85.
• Saitoh K, Mitsuzuka M, Asayama T, Fujimoto Y. 2021. Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides probably reproduced again after Eradication draw-down in an irrigation pond in Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma catchment. Presented at 72th Fish Natural History Research Meeting.
• Saitoh K. 2021. Conservation issues partly solved on "Suigenzenitanago" (Rhodeus smithii complex) impaired by the taxonomic confusion. Ichthyol Res 68:322-324.
• Fujimoto Y, Takahashi K, Shindo K, Saitoh K, Shimada T. 2021. Recovery of the endangered bitterling Acheilognathus typus after removal of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). Jpn J Ichthyol 68:61-66.
• Saitoh K, Hayami H. 2021. Probable northernmost record in the world range of a semi-aquatic fern genus Ceratopteris from Japan. Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Res 15:25-30.
• Saitoh K, Mitsuzuka M, Asayama T, Fujimoto Y. 2021. Where are they from? -- Recurrence of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides in a farm pond two years after eradication draw down. Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Res 15:107-120.
• Fujimoto Y, Takahashi K, Shindo K, Fujiwara T, Arita K, Saitoh K, Shimada T. 2021. Success in population control of the invasive largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides through removal at spawning sites in a Japanese shallow lake. Manag Biol Inv 12:997-1011.
• Saitoh K, Fukuda K, Fujimoto Y. 2022. The balckbass barren – Helpful criteria for citizen's survey. Presented at 17th Invasive Fish Information Forum. Kusatsu, Shiga.
• Saitoh K, Fukuda K, Fujimoto Y. 2022. Balckbass barren – A hint for citizen's survey. Presented at 74th Fish Natural History Meeting. On-line.
• Saitoh K, Inoue N, Hasegawa M. 2022. Unauthorized stocking of an endangered bitterling Acheilognathus typus to an irrigation pond detected and substantiated by biological and human lines of evidence. Fishes 7:150.
• Saitoh K, Mitsuzuka M, Fujimoto Y. 2022. Fundamantalism in blackbass erradication draw down in irrigation ponds. Presented at 32th Workship of the Nature Study of Irrigation Pond Society, Japan. Nagoya.
• Saitoh K, Izumi H. 2023. Gathering blackbass anglers' testimony. Presented at 18th Invasive Fish Information Forum. Kusatsu, Shiga.
• Misawa R, Narimatsu Y, Yagi Y, Saitoh K, Kai Y. 2023. Population structure of slime flounder Microstomus achne inferred from geographical variations in mitochondrial control region sequences and fin-ray counts. Nipp Suis Gakk 89:406-413.
• Saitoh K. 2023. Genetic geographic specificity in an endangered bitterling Acheilognathus typus. A plenary lacture presented at 10th All Japan Bitterling Summit in Teganuma. Abiko, Chiba.
• Nakamichi T, Ono M, Hayashi M, Okamura T, Wada T, Saitoh K. 2023. Environmental DNA analysis in a river detected a possible distribution of fish species difficult to capture. Fishes 8:496.
• Saitoh K. 2023. Illegal stocking of the black bass and its discouragement. Presented at 33th Meeting of the Nature Study of Irrigation Pond Society. Nagoya, Aichi.
• Saitoh K. 2024. Illegal stocking of the black bass as routine works: its discouragement. Presented at 17th Workshop of the Izunuma-Uchinuma Research. Kurihara, Miyagi.
• Saitoh K. 2024. Outlaw stocking of the black bass and its discouragement. Presented at 19th Invasive Fish Information Forum. Kashiwa, Chiba.