In 1990, the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation and University of Alaska
Sea Grant sponsored the International Conference on Fishery Byproducts.
In the decade since, huge changes have occurred. At present the Alaska seafood
industry harvests approximately 2 million metric tons of seafood for human
seafood markets. Over 60% of the food fish caught in U.S. waters comes from
Alaska. The amount of fish processing wastes generated from human food processing
operations is in excess of 1.1 million metric tons annually. Fish byproduct
utilization and fish waste disposal issues are more important than ever
to the survivability and sustainability of fishing industries.
Many changes have occurred since the 1990 conference. These include:
- New environmental concerns and regulations have changed the face
of seafood harvesting and processing industries.
- Advances in technology have increased the percentage of fish biomass
used as human food and changed the character of seafood processing byproducts.
- The world supply of fish meals and oils used for aquaculture and
animal feeds has been volatile due to climatic changes that affect large
industrial fisheries.
- Fueled by advances in medical sciences, more fish oils and other
functional foods derived from seafoods are consumed as human dietary
components.
- Technologists have been hard at work producing new secondary products
for human, animal, and industrial uses from the byproducts of seafood
processing.
- New and improved methods are continually becoming available to address
fish byproduct safety and processing issues.
With changes in supply, quality specifications, uses, markets, and transportation,
it seems prudent to assemble a conference to review these changes and to
project where we are headed. To this end we announce the 2nd International
Seafood Byproduct Conference to be held in Anchorage, Alaska, 10–13
November 2002.
The registration desk will be open 3:00–5:00 PM Sunday, November
10, in the lobby of the Captain Cook Hotel and again each day of the meeting
beginning at 8:00 AM. The program will begin at 9:00 AM Monday, November
11. There will be an "icebreaker" reception on Sunday, November 10 from
5:00–7:00 PM, where you can make new acquaintances and renew old
acquaintances, as well as a reception on Monday, November 11, at the conclusion
of the first day's meetings.
You can find detailed tentative schedule at http://seagrant.uaf.edu/conferences/byproduct-prog.html
The official language of the conference is English. Participants needing
interpretation or translation services should provide their own.
The symposium will be held in Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska.
In November temperatures average 28° F and there is 9 hours of daylight.
There may be snow so come prepared.
All symposium sessions will be held at the Hotel Captain Cook. Visit the
hotel's Web site for specific information: http://www.captaincook.com/home.htm.
Guest room accommodations are available for conference participants at
a special rate of $80.00* per night for single or double occupancy (*
plus 8% tax). Be sure to make your reservations by October 10, 2002,
and mention the 2nd Byproduct Conference to get this special rate. Make
reservations with the Captain Cook directly:
Hotel Captain Cook
4th and K Street,
Anchorage, AK 99501 USA
907/276-6000 (voice Hotel Captain Cook)
800/843-1950 (toll free onsite reservations)
800/323-7500 (toll free via Preferred Hotels)
The registration fee is $200.00 US if paid on or before October 1, 2002,
or $230.00 US if paid after October 1, 2002. The fee covers breakfast
on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, November 11–13; luncheon on Monday
and Tuesday, November 11 and 12; the "icebreaker" on Sunday, November
10; the reception on Monday, November 11; conference materials; and a
copy of the proceedings book. You are urged to register and pay your fees
in advance so that adequate materials are available.
Make checks payable to Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation. Payment
may also be made by Mastercard or Visa. If it becomes necessary to cancel
your registration, fees will be refunded at 75% if notice is received
by November 1, 2002.
To register for the symposium, fill out and return our printable
registration form to the symposium coordinator, or register
online using our secure form.
Timothy Sullivan
Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation
900 W. 5th Avenue, Suite 400
Anchorage, AK 99501
tel 907 276-7315
fax 907 271-3450
tsullivan@afdf.org
A comprehensive proceedings volume will be published after the conference
by University of Alaska Sea Grant. Presenters will be asked to provide
hard copy and electronic copy of their presentations for inclusion in
the proceedings.
- Jerry Babbitt (conference chair), National Marine Fisheries
Service, Kodiak, Alaska
- Brenda Baxter, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Sea Grant
College Program, Fairbanks, Alaska
- Peter J. Bechtel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service, Fairbanks, Alaska
- Robin Cababa, The Oceanic Institute, Waimanalo, Hawaii
- Ian Forster, The Oceanic Institute, Waimanalo, Hawaii
- Ronald W. Hardy, University of Idaho, Hagerman Fish Culture
Experiment Station, Hagerman, Idaho
- Marc Jones, Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation, Anchorage,
Alaska
- Donald Kramer, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Marine
Advisory Program, Anchorage, Alaska
- Scott Smiley, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fishery Industrial
Technology Center, Kodiak, Alaska
- Jerry Babbitt (conference chair), National Marine Fisheries
Service, Kodiak, Alaska
- Peter J. Bechtel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service, Fairbanks, Alaska
- Anthony P. Bimbo, Technical Consultant, Kilmarnock, Virginia
- Ian Forster, The Oceanic Institute, Waimanalo, Hawaii
- Ronald W. Hardy, University of Idaho, Hagerman Fish Culture
Experiment Station, Hagerman, Idaho
- Marc Jones, Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation, Anchorage,
Alaska
- John Kilpatrick, Marine Protein and Oil Consultant, West Vancouver,
British Columbia
(Additional sponsors are encouraged and solicited.)
A pre-conference tour will be conducted in Kodiak, Alaska on November 9,
2002:
- 9:00 am: Welcome and orientation at Kodiak Inn, including continental
breakfast.
- Tour Alaska Pacific Seafoods, a modern whitefish processing plant,
and Kodiak Fish Meal Company, a modern fish meal processing plant. Transportation
will be provided.
- 12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Fishery
Industrial Technology Center (FITC).
- Discussion of ongoing FITC, U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projects; tour of
facility and time to see historic and scenic sights of Kodiak.
- 4:30 - 6:00 pm: Informal reception, place to be announced.
- Dinner on your own.
Costs for the tour include:
Airfare – $190.00 via ERA airlines out of Anchorage. Reservations
and payment to be made directly with the airline at 1-800-866-8394 (in
the U.S.) and 1-907-266-8394 (outside of the U.S.). Please quote the identification
code N*FITC02. Alaska Airlines also flies between Anchorage and Kodiak.
See their information below and contact the ariline directly for fares
and restrictions.
Hotel – Best Western Kodiak Inn has reserved guest rooms
for this pre-conference tour at the rate of $79 single and $89 double,
plus tax, per night. Reservations and payment should be made directly
with the hotel. Be sure to make your reservations no later than October
27, 2002, and mention the 2nd International Seafood Byproduct Pre-Conference
Tour to obtain this rate.
Best Western Kodiak Inn
236 Rezanof Drive West Kodiak, AK 99615
907-486-5712
888-563-4254 (toll free inside the U.S.)
907-486-3430 (fax)
kodiakin@ptialaska.net
Registration fee – $50.00 to cover breakfast, lunch, and a
reception at FITC after the tour. To be paid to AFDF along with conference
registration (see registration form).
Alaska Airlines has offered a discount on airfare on any Alaska/Horizon
Airlines and specific American Airlines codeshare cities. The options
include 15% off full fares and 10% off excursion fares for tickets purchased
60 days or more prior to travel on Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air flights.
The discounts apply to travel to Anchorage between November 6 and November
15, 2002, to attend the Conference, and to Kodiak on November 8 and 10,
2002, for the Pre-Conference Tour. Call Alaska Airlines Group Department
for details and restrictions at 1-800-445-4435.
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