2024年5月12日至5月18日，福建海洋可持续发展研究院（简称闽海院）院长薛雄志教授携团队赴马来西亚开展学术交流活动，拜访马来西亚理科大学海洋与海岸带研究中心（Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia，简称CEMACS, USM），并参加海洋科学与水产养殖国际研讨会（International Conference on Marine Science and Aquaculture，简称ICOMSA）。
图：闽海院一行在ICOMSA会场
Img. FSIO Team at ICOMSA
闽海院团队首先抵达马来西亚槟城，前往马来西亚理科大学海洋与海岸带研究中心开展学术交流，并赴槟城海岸带区域踏勘。中心主任Aileen Tan Shau Hwai教授、研究员Sim Yee Kwang等接待了闽海院一行。双方团队首先对各自主要研究领域、业务、目标愿景等进行简要介绍，随后就可能开展合作的领域如海洋空间规划、海岸带综合管理、能力建设等进行深入交流。Sim Yee Kwang先生指出，槟威海峡（Penang Strait）有着丰富的海草床资源，这在热带地区极为少见。因此，团队希望在该区域建立海洋保护区（MPA），但目前亟需与利益相关方达成共识，希望未来在相关领域能够与闽海院达成合作。交流会后，CEMACS团队带领闽海院一行参观了研究所养殖区、标本区及教育基地等。研究院内设施丰富，且各功能区高效协作，令人印象深刻。
图：闽海院一行在CEMACS
Img. FISO Team at CEMACS
团队随后赴沙巴州哥打基纳巴卢市参加海洋科学与水产养殖国际研讨会（ICOMSA）。ICOMSA始于2003年，是马来西亚沙巴大学婆罗洲海洋研究所（BMRI）与来自日本金台大学的长期合作伙伴共同发起的年度研讨会，作为合作开展研究项目和分享海洋科学与水产养殖领域科研成果的平台。此次会议主题为“未来海洋： 世界变局下的可持续海洋科学和水产养殖”。薛雄志教授与课题组的刘霄翔在会议上分享了题为“海岸线生态指数的构建与应用：以中国福建省为例”的研究成果。该研究依托遥感技术构建了海岸线生态指数（CEI），并将其应用于1992年至2022年中国福建省海岸线，以评估海岸线的生态健康状况。
此次团队出访马来西亚，与马来西亚理科大学海洋与海岸带研究中心、马来西亚沙巴大学的相关研究机构及ICOMSA参会者进行了深入交流，围绕海岸带可持续发展能力建设这一核心议题建立初步的合作方案，为未来的合作奠定基础。
From May 12 to May 18, 2024, Prof. Xue Xiongzhi, Dean of the Fujian Institute for Sustainable Oceans of Xiamen University (FISO), led a team to Malaysia for academic exchanges. The team visited the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS) of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and attended the International Conference on Marine Science and Aquaculture (ICOMSA).
The team first went to Penang, Malaysia to visit CEMACS and paid field trips to the coastal areas. Prof. Aileen Tan Shau Hwai, Director of CEMACS and Mr. Sim Yee Kwang, Science/Research Officer of CEMACS, hosted FISO team. Each side presented an overview of their institutes, including focused areas, missions and visions, etc. The parties then engaged in discussions on marine spatial planning, integrated coastal management, capacity building, etc. for potential collaborations. Mr. Sim mentioned the abundance of seagrass meadows in the Penang Strait which is rare in the tropical areas, and that CEMACS team is working to promote the establishment of a marine protected area (MPA) for seagrass meadows in this area. However, multi-sector stakeholder consensus is urgently needed, and the CEMACS team hopes to collaborate with FISO in related fields. After discussion, the team took FISO team for a tour in the center, visiting its aquaculture, specimen and exhibition areas, which shows impressive facilities and efficient collaboration between different areas in CEMACS.
The team then went to Kota Kinabalu to attend the International Conference on Marine Science and Aquaculture (ICOMSA). ICOMSA started as an annual seminar in 2003 initiated by the Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) together with longstanding collaborators from Kindai University, Japan, as a platform to collaborate on research projects and share scientific findings in the field of marine science and aquaculture. The theme of the conference was “Ocean Futures: Advancing Sustainable Marine Science and Aquaculture for a Changing World”. Prof. Xue and his student Mr. Liu Xiaoxiang, shared their research result titled “Construction and Application of a Coastline Ecological Index: A Case Study of Fujian Province, China”. The research utilizes remote sensing technology to establish the Coastline Ecological Index (CEI), which is applied to Fujian’s coastline to assess its conditions between 1992 and 2022.
During this visit to Malaysia, the FISO team engaged in exchanges with the CEMACS team, research institutions at UMS, and participants of ICOMSA. Focusing on capacity building for sustainable coastal development, the parties explored opportunities for cooperation, laying a foundation for future collaboration.
