"A Quality Product in Troubled Times"

AGENDA
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
16:00 - 19:00 Registration
19:00 - 21:00 Meet & Greet
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Morning Session
08:00 - 10:00 Registration
08:45 - 09:00 Introduction
09:00 - 09:15 Opening Remarks
 

Hon. Gail Shea

Minister, Fisheries & Oceans Canada

  Hon. Neil LeClair Minister, PEI Dept. of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Rural Development
09:15 - 09:50 Keynote Speaker, Lobster Quality from an Outsider’s View
Dave Casoni, Massachusetts Lobstermen Association
09:50 - 10:10 Quality from the Harvester’s Perspective
Craig Avery, PEI Fishermen’s Association
10:10 - 10:40 Health Break
10:40 - 11:00 Quality...the Best "Recipe for Success" in the Live Lobster Trade
Stewart Lamont, Ferguson’s Lobster
11:00 - 11:20 Quality from the Processor’s Perspective
Jan Spinney, Orion Seafood International
11:20 - 11:40 Requirements & Needs to Deliver High Quality Lobster
Blaine Sullivan, Ocean Choice Inc.
11:40 - 12:00 Quality from the Customer / Retailer’s Perspective
Tim Moffatt, Red Lobster, Darden Restaurants
12:00 - 12:30 Open Discussion  
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch (included)
Afternoon Session  
13:30 - 14:00 Ensuring Quality from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Sharon Boyne-Travis, Fish, Seafood & Production Division, CFIA
14:00 - 14:20 Shipment Success Based on Initial Quality and Other Parameters
John Garland, Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership
14:20 - 14:40 Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins in Lobster: Are we Fishing for Problems?
Jean Lavallée, AVC Lobster Science Centre
14:40 - 15:00 Investigation of Mushy Tail in American Lobsters
Andrea Battison, AVC Lobster Science Centre
15:00-15:30 Health break
15:30 - 15:50 Is your Crab Bitter?
Rick Cawthorn, AVC Lobster Science Centre
15:50 - 16:10 Fish and Chips: How Sci-Fi Can Help with Assessing Quality
Spencer Greenwood, AVC Lobster Science Centre
16:10 - 16:30 Open Discussion
16:30 - 16:45 Closing Remarks
18:00 - 19:00 Reception/Cash Bar
19:00 - 22:00 Banquet
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