CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2022 Pacific Fisheries Technologists Annual Conference will be held February 20 – 23 in Newport, Oregon. On behalf of the PFT 2022 Organizing Committee, we invite submissions of abstracts for oral/poster presentations from members of the seafood research community, industry, and government agencies. Presentations are invited on any topics dealing with all sectors of seafood science, technology, and current affairs related to seafood. Topics of interest include but not are limited to:

• Seafood safety and quality
• Environmental issues and sustainability
• Resource utilization and aquaculture products
• Value-added products, including novel seafood protein and plant products
• Traceability
• Compliance and regulatory topics

Please submit an abstract for your presentation to the Scientific Program Director
Jung Kwon for consideration. Guidelines for preparing an abstract can be found here.

Submitted abstracts will be reviewed and selected by the Program Review Committee. Based on the review, accepted abstracts will be assigned to either an oral or a poster session. While Presenter’s stated preferences for a session will be considered, the final assignment will be made based on Program needs. All accepted abstracts will be published in the PFT 2022 conference book.

To ensure consideration for the PFT 2022 conference program, please submit your abstract as early as possible but no later than Wednesday December 15, 2021.

This year, in keeping with the Theme of the conference, “Trim One’s Sails”, we will be allowing virtual or in-person oral presentations. Poster presentations are allowed in-person only. Please note that the conference itself will not be hybrid. Virtual presentations will only be made available to in-person attendees.

Student Competition

Student presenters are invited to participate in oral or poster competitions. Six student paper competition awards are available to recognize the top three oral and top three poster presentations. If you qualify and would like to participate in the student competition, please state this in your abstract. Competition guidelines can be found here and judging criteria for oral presentations can be found here and for poster presentations here.

Please contact the Student Competition Director Rosalee Hellberg for inquiries related to the student competition.