| TENTATIVE AGENDA (Updated October 26, 2011) |
| Wednesday, November 2, 2011 |
| 16:00 - 19:00 |
Registration |
| 19:00 - 21:00 |
Stand Up Reception |
| Thursday, November 3, 2011 |
| Morning Session |
| 08:00 |
Registration & Breakfast |
| 08:45 - 09:00 |
Introduction & Words of Welcome
Melanie Burton, AVC Lobster Science Centre |
| 09:00 - 09:15 |
Overview & Update of the Lobster Science Centre
Jerry Amirault, AVC Lobster Science Centre |
| 09:15 - 10:00 |
Keynote Speaker:
Some biological inputs into successful live crustacean supply chains
Roger Uglow – Hull University, UK
|
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Are my lobsters stressed during live-holding and shipping?
Fraser Clark, AVC Lobster Science Centre |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Health Break |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Lobster Blood Biochemistry: What it can tell us about nutritional status?
Andrea Battison, AVC Lobster Science Centre |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Aqualife Transport System: a healthy alternative to air freight
Melanie Burton, AVC Lobster Science Centre |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Surviving in air: how do lobsters cope and for how long?
John Garland, Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch (included) |
| Afternoon Session |
| 13:30 - 14:00 |
Quality Control in Atlantic Live Lobster from an Exporter’s Perspective: “Getting it right from the Trap to the Plant, and on from there…..”
Stewart Lamont, Tangier Lobster Company
|
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Quality Standards: lessons learned from other fish species
Robert Verge, Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation |
| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Lobster sustainability from a harvester perspective
Leonard Leblanc, Gulf Nova Scotia Fishermen’s Coalition, LFA 26B |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Health break |
| 15:30- 16:00 |
Quality Grading for the Canadian Lobster Industry
Geoff Irvine, Lobster Council of Canada |
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
The Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development and the Prince Edward Island Lobster Industry, The Quality Link
TBA, PEI Fisheries Aquaculture, and Rural Development |
| 16:30 |
Closing Remarks |