In a joint press release the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and The University of Alaska have invited all to attend the 2nd International Congress on Seafood Technology. The organizing committee planned the congress from May10 to 13 in 2010 in Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America.
It is informed that the 2010 Congress will address state-of-the-art information regarding the handling, processing, preservation, storage and transportation of seafood. Fisheries and aquaculture, as a food production industry, have been advancing rapidly over the last decades.
It is said that significant developments in processing technology have allowed new possibilities for more value-added products, longer shelf life, and more secure distribution of seafood. In the past, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) convened various conferences/congresses on seafood technology, the last of which was held in 1973.
The main purpose of this Congress is to review the best available knowledge in the main technological fields relating to seafood processing, shelf life extension and distribution. This Congress will bring together scientists, technologists, seafood processors, importers and exporters of fishery products, business developers, government administrators responsible for policy development, NGOs and other interested parties.
