From Oct. 14 to Oct. 16, 2016, the 6th National Seminar on Marine Ecology & 2016 Academic Conference of the Marine Ecology Commission of the Ecological Society of China, undertaken by SHOU College of Fisheries and Life Science, was successfully held in Shanghai Ocean University. Yu Xingguang, Director of the Marine Ecology Commission of the Ecological Society of China and Director of the Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, gave his opening speech; Cheng Yudong, SHOU President, presented his welcome speech. Also present at the seminar were Ding Dewen, Academician; and Li Junxiang, Deputy Secretary General of the Ecological Society of China. As proposed by the Marine Ecology Commission of the Ecological Society of China, the seminar reached the “Shanghai Consensus” about making new contributions to the construction of marine ecological civilization.

Themed by “Innovation of Marine Ecological Science, Co-construction of Marine Ecological Civilization”, the seminar received the abstracts of 195 papers from 42 units nationwide, and organized exchanges and discussions around the topics of marine ecological civilization construction & ecological protection and restoration, coastal ecological safety & sustainable marine agriculture, marine ecological system structure, functions and responses to climate change, marine biodiversity research and protection, marine environmental pollution monitoring, biological effect pre-warning & ecological damage assessment, innovative theories and practice of marine ecology, etc. The seminar consisted of two sections, i.e., keynote speeches, and exchanges & discussions, and embraced more than 300 participants.

Yu Xingguang, Director of the Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, giving his opening speech

Cheng Yudong, President of SHOU, presenting his welcome speech

Commendation of advanced workers of the society in 2016

The organization work of the seminar was highly affirmed by the experts and representatives present. It provided an important platform for promoting the development of marine ecology and strengthening the exchanges in the marine ecological field and the cultivation of marine ecological researchers in China.