History
IAFI was founded in September 1997, following the second FAO International Conference on Fish Inspection and Quality Control, held in Washington DC, USA in 1996. The next year, a group of 42 participants from around the world met in Toronto, Canada, and agreed on the merits of establishing an international association to represent the fish inspection community. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) offered to assume the coordinating role in the formation of the association and IAFI was created as a Company Limited by Guarantee under Canadian Law.
IAFI’s Inaugural Meeting was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on October 4 and 5, 1999 in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on Fish Inspection and Quality Control. An Executive Committee and a Board (which acts as a Steering Committee, representing seven zones across the world) was elected by membership. The meeting also provided members with an opportunity to review, amend and adopt the By-laws of the IAFI, as well as to provide the strategic direction on how the association should be organized and further developed. Since that inaugural meeting, IAFI has developed and extended its role and international linkages and continues to organize the World Seafood Congress every two years.
President - Ian Goulding
Ian is a food scientist, who originally qualified in the UK as an Environmental Health Officer. He started his fish QC career as a technologist developing new retail products for the UK market, as well as setting up the associated processing lines and QC systems. Since 1986 Ian has worked in developing countries, including four years working at Alexandria University, Egypt establishing a fish technology training centre. Since 1994 Ian has been Managing Director of the consultancy firm Megapesca Lda of Portugal. Ian is a Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (UK), and has worked on trade and market access issues in over 75 Pacific, Asian, and Latin American countries. Ian founded the IAFI Peter Howgate Award for young fish technologists and edits the popular monthly newsletter “Fishfiles Lite” on EU fisheries matters. Ian has UK and Portuguese nationalities and speaks English and Portuguese.
Past president - Mark Boulter
Mark Boulter has worked in the seafood industry for 35 years in industry representative and commercial roles across the UK and Australia. These have included QA Manager at Sydney Fish Market, working for Seafish, the UK industry peak body, and Executive Officer for the Australian Seafood Importers Association. He led the team that ran the World Seafood Congress in Penang in 2019. He now works part-time for the University of Tasmania training folk in bivalve shellfish safety.
Secretary - Mike Dillon
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Treasurer - Carey Bonnel
Carey Bonnell, Head, School of Fisheries – Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University
Mr. Bonnell has gained broad experience in the area of fisheries sustainability starting initially with his early upbringing in a small fishing community on Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula. He began his career in 1997 as a technical assistant at the Fishing Technology Unit, progressing through educational roles with the Marine Institute and the College of the North Atlantic including a one year international work placement with MI in the Philippines in 1998. In 2000 Carey moved to Nunavut and progressed through various positions from Director, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister and Acting Deputy Minister of the Government of Nunavut’s Department of Environment. Following the operation of an independent fisheries consultancy in 2004, Mr. Bonnell joined the Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation early in 2005 as an Industrial Liaison Officer and was promoted to the position of Managing Director in January 2007. In January of 2010 Carey was appointed as Head of the School of Fisheries within the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University which is the position he currently holds today.
President-elect - Jayne Gallagher
Jayne Gallagher is CEO & Founder Honey & fox Pty Ltd. Australia and IAFI Board.
At large - Olivier Hottlet
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At large - Meaghan Dodd
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At large - Clare Winkel
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Board of Directors
Regional Representatives
Africa
Stella Mbabazi
Acting
South America
Marcelo Hidalgo
Acting
North America
Jon Bell
Europe
Ivan Bartolo
Asia
Justin Sundarrajan
Acting
South Pacific
Tim Numilengi
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At Large
Heather Burke
At Large
Alf Bungay
Appointments
Position
Executive Director
John Emberley
Editor-in-Chief
Meaghan Dodd
Social Media and Awards Director
Maragarida Correia
Acting
Codex Observer (Allergen Labelling)
Jasmine LACIS-LEE
Acting
Codex Observer (Establishment listing)
Christopher Hoareau
Acting
Codex Observer (rejection of imported food)
Alf Bungay
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