The Responsible Seafood Conference
Connect. Collaborate. Commit.

Sponsored by Choice Canning Co.

Sponsored by Choice Canning Co.

Sponsored by Sunnyvale Seafood.

A hallmark of the GOAL program, the global aquaculture production forecasts for 2021, 2022 and 2023 will be presented by Rabobank’s Gorjan Nikolik, based on the results of GSA’s exclusive annual production surveys for shrimp and finfish, incorporating figures from Kontali. For the first time this year, production and trade analysis for key wild-capture seafood species will also be presented by Urner Barry, among others. All of this production data will be boiled down and analyzed by panels of industry authorities before the session wraps up with a breakdown of the trends influencing seafood-consumption behaviors in a presentation titled “Seafood in a TikTok Era: Reaching Consumers Online.”

Sponsored by Apex Frozen Foods.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, women represent approximately 50 percent of the seafood workforce, and a majority of these women 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 or improve their experiences? How do we ensure a more inclusive, diverse and equitable industry? And what is the significance of inclusion and equality?

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.

Sponsored by Sunnyvale Seafood.

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.

Sponsored by The Mazzetta Co.

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.

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.

Sponsored by Sunnyvale Seafood.

Sponsored by Devi Fisheries.