Day 2 Agenda (Wednesday, Oct. 5)

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.