The latest edition of the Fish Inspector (December 2011) is now available to download

27/01/12

Peter Howgate Award 2012

The Peter Howgate Award Coordination Group are pleased to announce that the call for applications for the 2012 Peter Howgate Award for the Young Fish Technologist of the Year.

The award will be a financial grant towards the cost of travel or subsistence for professional development, for an amount up to EURO 500. The winning applicant will be a candidate who shows outstanding promise of making a significant contribution to the subject, and will be selected by an international panel of respected fish technologists. Further details available here.

13/01/12

Website upgrades

You may have noticed that the IAFI website is undergoing a much needed update, in terms of its style, underlying structure and content.

We apologize for any for any inconvenience this may cause during these alterations, which are aimed at providing you with a more informative and current source, of information and discussion.

As such, your views and inputs are important to the future development  of the site and we would encourage you to submit your comments, corrections, additional information, news, details of upcoming events etc. using our contact page

2011 World Seafood Congress, Washington, USA

This years World Seafood Congress (WSC)  had the theme; “Seafood + Trade = Health +Jobs”
IAFI would like to thank  the organizers,  the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), the session chairs and speakers, and the delegates for making this both a successful and productive WSC.
Key outputs from this Congress are presented at the following links.

• Session Program and Presentations
• Regional Workshops: 
• Poster Competition

2013 World Seafood Congress, St Johns, Newfoundland

The proposed dates for the next World Seafood Congress have been published as the 28th September to 4th October, 2013, by the Marine Institute of St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada, who are taking the lead in organising the Congress.
Cary Bonnell of the Marine Institute, St Johns, presented the proposed objectives and outline of the next Congress at this  this years event. Click here for his presentation
The focus of  the 2013 WSC will be ”Market Access” and will include a range of subject areas that are currently being finalised by a technical committee established in Washington.

Please Contact us with details, if  you know of any other major seafood sector event or conference that coincide with these dates or if you have suggestions of subjects to be discussed or potential speakers, to be considered by the technical committee.

Further details will be made available on this site as the event details are released.