The Responsible Seafood Conference
Connect. Collaborate. Commit.

The Global Seafood Alliance Board of Directors Meeting takes place in the Kensington Room of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Invitation only. Questions? Contact GSA’s Jen Kostandin.

Pick your badge at the registration desk in the Spanish Foyer of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Not yet registered? Register now while there’s still space. Questions? Contact goal@globalseafood.org. Registration is sponsored by Choice Canning Co.

The Global Seafood Alliance Membership Meeting & Stakeholder Update takes place in The Garden at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Updates on GSA’s activities, including the Best Aquaculture Practices and Best Seafood Practices certification programs, will be provided. Drinks will be served. All are welcome. Questions? Contact GSA’s Devan Meserve.

The GOAL 2022 Opening Reception takes place in The Garden of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Drinks and heavy hors d’oeuvre will be served. The Opening Reception is sponsored by Choice Canning Co.

Pick your badge at the registration desk in the Spanish Foyer of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Not yet registered? Register now while there’s still space. Questions? Contact goal@globalseafood.org. Registration is sponsored by Choice Canning Co.

Join us for a continental breakfast in the Spanish Foyer of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, located just outside of the Spanish Ballroom where the Day 1 plenary will take place. Breakfast is sponsored by Seafood Scotland.

The Day 1 plenary, which takes place in the Spanish Ballroom of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, kicks off with an introduction from Global Seafood Alliance CEO Brian Perkins.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell welcomes the GOAL 2022 delegation to the city. Mayor Harrell was elected Seattle’s 57th mayor in 2021 and was sworn in as Seattle’s 54th mayor for an interim period in 2017. Learn more about his background and priorities.

The first keynote address is from Loni Grinnell-Greninger and W. Ron Allen of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe (Ron will be appearing by video). Loni was appointed to Tribal Vice Chair in January 2020 and elected in November 2020. She has worked with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services as an Office of Indian Policy Regional Manager and as a Statewide Tribal Liaison. In both roles she helped create systems and policy to increase access to state services for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Loni currently serves as Director of the Tribe’s Social & Community Services Department. She is the daughter of the late Kurt Grinnell, a fisheries and aquaculture expert and former Vice Chair of the Northwest Aquaculture Alliance.

Bob Donegan was president of Washington’s iconic Ivar’s Seafood Restaurants for 15 years, during which sales doubled. The Seattle-based company now owns and operates three full-service restaurants (Acres of Clams, Salmon House and Mukilteo Landing), 18 fast-casual Ivar’s Seafood Bars throughout Washington and quick-service locations in four sports stadiums. In his keynote address, Bob talks about employee relations and labor challenges, operating restaurants in a post-pandemic world and Seattle’s waterfront renovation project.

In his keynote address, Allen Kimball, senior executive consultant for Trident Seafoods and a Global Seafood Alliance board member, talks about Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) Certification and Alaska’s contribution to responsible fisheries management.

The global aquaculture production forecasts for 2022 and 2023 are being presented by Rabobank Senior Analyst Gorjan Nikolik, based on the results of GSA’s exclusive annual production surveys for finfish, incorporating figures from Kontali. Rabobank RaboResearch and Kontali are a supporting partners of GOAL 2022.

A hallmark of the GOAL program, the global aquaculture production forecasts for 2022 and 2023 are being presented by Rabobank Senior Analyst Gorjan Nikolik, based on the results of GSA’s exclusive annual production surveys for shrimp. Rabobank RaboResearch is a supporting partner of GOAL 2022.

Kontali Senior Analyst Chris van Bussel gives a first-of-a-kind global overview of consumption of farmed warmwater shrimp based on modeling tools and data-mining that Kontali/Kontali Shrimp has developed over the past two years. Kontali is a supporting partner of GOAL 2022.

Kontali Head of Analysis Ragnar Nystøyl talks about Atlantic salmon’s unique market position and competitive edge against other proteins, the tremendous growth of Atlantic salmon in the North American market, and how future demand for Atlantic salmon can be met. Kontali is a supporting partner of GOAL 2022.

Wakefern Director of Seafood Bob Cerullo, Choice Canning CEO Jose Thomas and Chilean Salmon Marketing Council Executive Director Jim Griffin join Nikolik and Nystøyl on stage for a question-and-answer discussion on aquaculture production forecasts and market implications for shrimp and finish.

Join us for coffee and tea in the Spanish Foyer of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. The Coffee & Tea Break is sponsored by Sunnyvale Seafood.

Urner Barry Senior Data Analyst Angel Rubio provides production and import-and-export trends for a number of key wild seafood species. Urner Barry is a supporting partner of GOAL 2022.

Tom Pickerell, executive director of the Global Tuna Alliance and founder of Tomolamola Consulting Ltd., provides production and import-and-export trends for the key tuna species.

Allen Kimball, senior executive consultant for Trident Seafoods, joins Rubio and Pickerell on stage for a question-and-answer discussion on production and import-and-export trends for a number of key wild seafood species.

Emily De Sousa wraps up Session 1 with a presentation on marketing seafood to younger generations. Nearly half of TikTok’s 1 billion users are between 20 and 40 years old, which also happens to be the fastest growing demographic of seafood consumers. Today, millennials and Gen Z have the largest buying power in the market. This younger demographic is environmentally conscious, tech savvy and convenience minded. They want information about their seafood that hasn’t always been available to them, and they want it on platforms where we haven’t always made it available. In her presentation, fisheries scientist and social media expert Emily De Sousa of Seaside with Emily discusses how seafood marketing has to change to respond to the growing demand from young consumers and share effective strategies for communicating your seafood stories online.

John Connelly, president of the National Fisheries Institute, is a recipient of this year’s Wallace R. Stevens Lifetime Achievement Award, recognized for his leadership, integrity and commitment to responsibility. John has been at the helm of the U.S.-based nonprofit seafood trade association since February 2003. He will be honored on stage by GSA Chair Wally Stevens, who the award was named after in 2018.

Global Seafood Alliance President and Founder Dr. George Chamberlain is a recipient of this year’s Wallace R. Stevens Lifetime Achievement Award, recognized for his leadership, integrity and commitment to responsibility. A true ambassador for aquaculture and one of the world’s most respected aquaculture professionals, especially in the field of shrimp breeding and farming, Chamberlain’s career in aquaculture spans more than four decades.

Join us for a plated lunch in The Garden of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Lunch is sponsored by Apex Frozen Foods.

Take your learning and networking experience at GOAL on the road with a field trip. On the afternoon of Oct. 4, tour the Starbound, a 300-foot at-sea processor acquired by Trident Seafoods in 2021, followed by the state-of-the-art NewCold cold-storage facility. Both are located in Tacoma. Capacity is 35 people, and departure from the Fairmont is at 1 p.m. with a return at about 5 p.m. Meet just outside of the upper lobby on Seneca Street for the shuttle. Registration is on a first come, first served basis and opens on Sept. 12. You must be registered for GOAL 2022 to attend a field trip. Questions? Contact goal@globalseafood.org.

Take your learning and networking experience at GOAL on the road with a field trip. On the afternoon of Oct. 4, tour the Northern Hawk, a 341-foot pollock factory trawler docked on Seattle’s Pier 91 and owned by Coastal Villages Region Fund. Capacity is 18 people, and departure from the Fairmont is at 2:30 p.m. with a return at about 5 p.m. Meet just outside of the upper lobby on Seneca Street for the shuttle. Tours are in waves of six guests at a time. Registration is on a first come, first served basis and opens on Sept. 12. You must be registered for GOAL 2022 to attend a field trip. Questions? Contact goal@globalseafood.org.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, women represent approximately 50 percent of the seafood workforce. They are the backbone of seafood processing plants and small-scale farming and fishing operations. This breakout session invites experts in gender equality to share their observations. How do we ensure that we recognize the immeasurable contributions and achievements of the millions of women behind the seafood we source and eat. How do we empower their voices and improve their experiences? How do we ensure a more inclusive, diverse and equitable industry? And what is the significance of inclusion and equality?

The Celebrate Seafood Seattle reception is hosted by Seafood Nutrition Partnership, National Seafood Council Task Force and Seafood4Health Action Coalition and sponsored by Chilean Salmon Marketing Council and Global Seas. Join them to kick-off October National Seafood Month by celebrating seafood! Did you know that seafood is good for brain health, heart health and overall wellness? SOLD OUT.

Pick your badge at the registration desk in the Spanish Foyer of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Not yet registered? Register now while there’s still space. Questions? Contact goal@globalseafood.org. Registration is sponsored by Choice Canning Co.

Join us for a continental breakfast in the Spanish Foyer of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, located just outside of the Spanish Ballroom where the Day 2 plenary will take place. The breakfast is sponsored by Corbion.

The Day 2 plenary, which takes place in the Spanish Ballroom of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, kicks off with an introduction from Responsible Seafood Advocate James Wright. Technology entrepreneurs helping seafood producers make their supply chains more efficient and responsible will discuss the potential of modern data collection and analysis. With tools like ocean sensors, satellites, artificial intelligence and blockchain, presenters in this session will share how technology can de-risk production, inform policymakers, finance growing aquaculture sectors and provide end-to-end traceability for all seafood products, wild or farmed.

Scoot Science’s web-based SeaState™ dashboard monitors what’s happening below the ocean’s surface in real time and provides forecasts of the days ahead, and its integrated ocean risk and impact model maps ocean dynamics to business outcomes.

Sea Warden is the developer of a remote monitoring technology that leverages satellites and AI for continuous monitoring of marine aquaculture operations.

Based in Chennai, India, Aquaconnect is a full-stack aquaculture inputs and outputs platform providing end-to-end solutions to shrimp and finfish farmers, powered by AI and satellite remote sensing technologies. Read more: If it’s broken, fix it: Startup takes on shrimp industry in India

Connor Dibble of Scoot Science, Shelby Oliver and Zack Stein of Sea Warden and Raj Somasundaram of Aquaconnect join moderator James Wright of the Responsible Seafood Advocate for a question-and-answer discussion.

Legit Fish has developed an innovative set of software tools to simplify and streamline the management of product from the vessel to the processor and provides a third-party product verification and traceability services to ensure the product meets all specifications and certifications associated with it.

Wholechain is a blockchain-based traceability solution built to enable trust, coordination and transparency in fragmented supply chains. Working across commodities, Wholechain is a GS1 Solution Partner compliant with the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST), and a winner of the Fish2.0 Award at Stanford in 2019 and the FDA’s Traceability Challenge in 2021.

Jayson Berryhill of Wholechain and Michael Carroll of Legit Fish join moderator James Wright of the Responsible Seafood Advocate for a question-and-answer discussion.

The three finalists of the inaugural Global Fisheries Innovation Award – North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group, Cruz Foam and Precision Seafood Harvesting – present their innovations (by video) on stage at GOAL 2022, with the winner being selected by audience vote. In 2022, to reflect its budding involvement in wild-capture fisheries, the Global Seafood Alliance introduced the Global Fisheries Innovation Award to recognize individuals and organizations finding new solutions to the key challenges facing fisheries.

The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) is a finalist for the inaugural Global Fisheries Innovation Award. A video highlighting its innovation is being played. Read more: ‘They need a good reason to stay’: How one coalition may break a decade of deadlock in the North Atlantic mackerel fishery

Cruz Foam is a finalist for the inaugural Global Fisheries Innovation Award. A video highlighting its innovation is being played. Read more: ‘Regulation is pushing toward greenifying materials’: How one innovator is upcycling seafood waste into biodegradable packaging foam

Precision Seafood Harvesting is a finalist for the inaugural Global Fisheries Innovation Award. A video highlighting its innovation is being played. Read more: ‘We were just looking for a way to fish better’: How one partnership is reinventing commercial fishing nets to reduce bycatch and improve animal welfare

By audience vote, the winner of the inaugural Global Fisheries Innovation Award is selected.

The winner of the F3 Challenge – Carnivore Edition will be unveiled on stage at GOAL 2022. Contestants in the F3 Challenge – Carnivore Edition have already collectively sold more than 3,185 metric tons of fish-free feed. The contest is designed to encourage viable, cost-competitive replacements to fishmeal and fish oil in aquafeed. The winners of the previous two F3 Challenge competitions (Guangdong Evergreen Feed Industry Co. Ltd. and Veramaris) were announced at GOAL 2017 in Dublin and GOAL 2019 in Chennai, respectively. Sponsored by F3 Challenge.

Join us for coffee and tea in the Spanish Foyer of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. The Coffee & Tea Break is sponsored by Sunnyvale Seafood.

The second half of the Day 2 plenary kicks off with an introduction from Best Aquaculture Practices Standards Coordinator Dan Lee. There’s no question that climate change, perhaps the defining issue of our time, is significantly impacting aquaculture and wild-capture fisheries production worldwide. This session will provide a life cycle assessment on the environmental impact of seafood production and break down seafood’s carbon footprint, with a focus on the production of aquafeed and its ingredients.

Ray Hilborn is a professor with the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. Ray’s research aims to identify how to best manage fisheries, which involves a combination of building databases on how fisheries are managed and measures of their performance, analysis of fisheries data sets to evaluate performance and, for Pacific salmon in Alaska, extensive work in the management process and field work on the biology of the salmon. His research also focuses on the role of seafood in the global food system and the comparative environmental cost of different foods.

Richard Newton is a research fellow at the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture. Richard’s research focuses on promoting circular economy initiatives in aquaculture value chains, linking environmental and socio-economic gains through comprehensive sustainability assessments. His main focus is to improve the resource efficiency of aquaculture production through various means to “eco-intensify” food production.

Willow Battista is a member of Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Resilient Food Systems program, where she hopes to help transform our global food systems to be sustainable, equitable and climate-resilient through application and scaling of interventions that center and elevate the needs and perspectives of small-scale food producers and other vulnerable and marginalized food system actors.

Wittaya Aqua is a Canada-based technology platform for aquaculture farm and aquafeeds management powered by data-driven decision making. Evan Hall, CEO and co-founder of the startup, argues that aquaculture loses billions of dollars a year and wastes billions more in resources and therefore needs a better understanding of the cause-and-effect relationships from aquaculture’s inputs. Read more: Wittaya Aqua wins the Yield Lab Asia-Pacific Global Aquaculture Challenge grand prize

Jim Sutter, executive director of the U.S. Soybean Council, and Nicola Clark, impacts manager for MarinTrust, join Ray Hilborn, Richard Newton, Willow Battista, Evan Hall and moderator Dan Lee of Best Aquaculture Practices to discuss the solutions for sustainable, climate-smart seafood and for a question-and-answer discussion.

The three finalists of the 10th annual Global Aquaculture Innovation Award – Aristogene Biosciences, Center for Aquaculture Technologies and Government of Odisha, India – will present their innovations (by video) on stage at GOAL 2022, with the winner being selected by audience vote. In 2012, the Global Seafood Alliance established the Global Aquaculture Innovation Award to recognize individuals and organizations finding new solutions to the key challenges facing aquaculture. This year’s competition is sponsored by the U.S. Soybean Export Council.

Aristogene Biosciences is a finalist for the 10th annual Global Aquaculture Innovation Award. A video highlighting its innovation is being played. Read more: ‘Choices are limited when searching for alternatives to antibiotics’: How one veterinarian is employing bacteriophages to fight Vibriosis in shrimp farming

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies is a finalist for the 10th annual Global Aquaculture Innovation Award. A video highlighting its innovation is being played. Read more: Overcoming the ‘sterility paradox’: How new gene editing technology can solve it and benefit aquaculture

The Government of Odisha, India, is a finalist for the 10th annual Global Aquaculture Innovation Award. A video highlighting its innovation is being played. Read more: ‘They know better than men how to protect their environment and people’: How focusing on women farmers is boosting food security in India

By audience vote, the winner of the 10th annual Global Aquaculture Innovation Award is selected.

Join us for a plated lunch in The Garden of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Lunch is sponsored by The Mazzetta Co.

Take your learning and networking experience at GOAL on the road with a field trip. On the afternoon of Oct. 5, join us for a tour of Cooke Aquaculture’s Hope Island rainbow trout farm. Capacity is 12 people, and departure from the Fairmont is at 1:00 p.m. with a return at approximately 5:00 p.m. Meet just outside of the upper lobby on Seneca Street for the shuttle. Boat to the farm departs from Sneeoosh Beach, La Conner, at about 2:30 p.m. Registration is on a first come, first served basis and opens on Sept. 12. You must be registered for GOAL 2022 to attend a field trip. Questions? Contact goal@globalseafood.org.

Take your learning and networking experience at GOAL on the road with a field trip. On the afternoon of Oct. 5, join us for dinner and drinks at Taylor Shellfish’s Samish Oyster Bar & Shellfish Market in Samish. Capacity is 50 people, and departure from the Fairmont is at 2:30 p.m. with a return at approximately 7:30 p.m. Meet just outside of the upper lobby on Seneca Street for the shuttle. Registration is on a first come, first served basis and opens on Sept. 12. You must be registered for GOAL 2022 to attend a field trip. Questions? Contact goal@globalseafood.org.

The industry’s impact on ocean health and contribution to the circular economy are increasingly influencing consumers’ seafood purchasing decisions, especially among younger generations. This breakout session invites experts in ocean health and innovators offering solutions to traditional means of aquaculture, fishing and seafood storage and distribution to share their experiences. Among the topics to be addressed are marine pollution and the pervasiveness of microplastics, polystyrene alternatives and eco-friendly seafood packaging, the impact of ghost gear and retrieval of abandoned, lost or discarded gear, recycling end-of-life gear, the emergence of ropeless or rope-free gear, mass transformation of fish waste and reduction of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Join us for a continental breakfast in the Spanish Foyer of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, located just outside of the Spanish Ballroom where the Day 3 plenary will take place. The breakfast is sponsored by Corbion.

The Day 2 plenary, which takes place in the Spanish Ballroom of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, kicks off with an introduction from Global Seafood Alliance President and Founder George Chamberlain. This session will feature presentations on the rapid technological advances in open-ocean salmon farming in Norway, which are overcoming challenges of fully exposed ocean environments to reap the benefits of reduced disease, greater productivity and improved sustainability, as well as presentations on advancements in the humane slaughter of tilapia, a new tool to identify the most efficacious stunning systems, new insights on reducing seafood waste and bycatch, efforts to increase product quality, and efforts to increase financial benefits to cooperatives with sustainable fishing practices. Finally, this session will provide updates on efforts to engage with smallholder fishers and farmers, who dominate global seafood production, through improvement programs.

Join us for coffee and tea in the Spanish Foyer of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. The Coffee & Tea Break is sponsored by Sunnyvale Seafood.

Susan Farquharson, executive director of Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association, welcomes all to GOAL 2023 in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Join us for a plated lunch in The Garden of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Lunch is sponsored by Devi Fisheries.