I would like to welcome each of you to the
71st annual Pacific Fisheries Technologists (PFT) Conference. I am delighted to serve as your President this year and personally invite you to take a journey through a porthole in history aboard the legendary ship Queen Mary during our conference. This year our keynote speakers will address our theme of “Trading into the Future” and we are planning an exciting line up of plenary speakers to stimulate new thinking and discussions across a multitude of technical, scientific, and ecological topics of importance to the seafood and aquaculture industries worldwide.

The PFT Conference is an annual international event that moves yearly between the Pacific States and Provinces of Canada, Mexico, and the USA. We are always honored to host a sizable contingent from Asia, Europe, Oceania, and South America and have a reputation for being a friendly group, where old acquaintances are renewed and many new ones made. We hope that you will join us to share your knowledge, extend your professional networks, and build collaborative linkages with people that are passionate about ‘everything fish and seafood’.

For more information about the iconic Queen Mary, please visit www.queenmary.com. For conference information, registration (early-bird rates available), room rates, and abstract submission visit our PFT 2020 website at pftfish.net.

Alex Oliveira
71st PFT President
PFT 2019-2020