JOHN Goodlad, former chief executive of the Shetland Fishermen's Association has been appointed Buckland Foundation professor for 2003, the first Shetlander to win the honour.
Buckland Professorships go back to Frank Buckland (1826 - 1880), a pioneer in fishery research. Mr Buckland sat on four British Government commissions that looked at fish and fishing between 1875 and his death in 1880.
A professorship of Economic Fish Culture was established after his death when the Buckland Foundation was formed. Since 1930 a professor is appointed on an annual basis to give a lecture at three different locations.
In his lecture Mr Goodlad will explore whether fish farming and fishing are complimentary or conflicting activities.
Arrangements for lectures have not been finalised, but one will be held at the North Atlantic Fisheries College in Scalloway.
Mr Goodlad said: ''I am very pleased to have been asked to do these lectures. Fishing and fish farming are the two industries I have spent my working life in and I therefore believe I can discuss the interface between the two from a background in both''
Chairman of the Buckland Foundation, Dr Stephen Lockwood said:"We are delighted John Goodlad has accepted our invitation to be Buckland Professor for 2003.His experience and involvement with both the aquaculture and wild-stock fishing industries puts him in a unique position to give an informed view on the threats and opportunities that face not only these sectors but the entire seafood industry in the immediate future."
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