09:00 H.E. Mr. Peter Lundy, Ambassador of Canada to Denmark

          Conference chair WEFTA, Torger Børresen

          Conference chair AFTC, David Green

 

09:30 WEFTA award winner 2008: Jörg Oehlenschläger, Max Rubner-Institute, Germany

    -   32 years as a seafood scientist

 

Chairpersons: Francoise Leroi, France and Amin Abrahim, Greece

10:00 Keynote speaker: Steve Otwell, University of Florida
  -    Advancing Science-based Controls in Response to Increasing International Trade

 

Paw Dalgaard, DTU Aqua, Denmark
   -   A new predictive tool for the global seafood sector - SSSP v. 3.1 from 2009

Graham Fletcher, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, New Zealand
   -   Characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from New Zealand Greenshell™ mussels – Implications for control

 

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee

 

Taran Skjerdal, National Veterinary Institute, Norway
   -   Survival of L. monocytogenes in sushi and undercooked minced fish after exposure to stomach acid conditions

Papa Abdoulaye Fall, Ifremer, France
   -   Lactococcus sp. EU2241, an atypical strain for biopreservation of seafood products?

Eyjólfur Reynisson, Matis, Iceland
   -   Rapid quantification of specific spoilage organisms (SSOs) in fish using real-time PCR

Susanna Airaksinen, Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Finland
   -   Product quality differences between wild and farmed European whitefish

 

12:30 - 13:45 Lunch and Poster session

 

Chairpersons: Denise Skonberg, Maine and Jorge Fernandes, Norway

13:45  Keynote speaker: Patrick Sorgeloos, Ghent University, Belgium
   -   21st Century Aquaculture: from empirical farming towards a knowledge-based biotechnology

 

Ryan Wilkinson, University of Tasmania, Australia
   -   The effect of pre-harvest stress and harvest method on the stress response and flesh quality indicators in barramundi (Lates calcarifer)

Tune Wulff, DTU Aqua, Denmark
   -   Effect of lowered oxygen in aquaculture on rainbow trout muscle quality investigated by a proteomic approach

Richard Skøtt Rasmussen, DTU Aqua, Denmark
   -   Can increased water velocities improve quality of farmed rainbow trout?

Eva Veiseth-Kent, Nofima Mat AS, Norway
   -   Muscle abnormalities and quality of Atlantic salmon in intensive production systems

 

15:15 - 15:45 Coffee

 

Catarina Campos, University of Porto, Portugal
   -   Influence of dietary lipids on growth and expression of key myogenic genes in Senegalese sole

Iciar Martinez, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture, Norway
   -   Protein expression and enzymatic activities in Atlantic salmon fillets with different textures

Amaya Albalat, University of Glasgow, Scotland
   -   Targeting trawl-caught Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) to the live market

 

Chairpersons: David Green, North Carolina and Anlaug Ådland Hansen, Norway 

Hanne Digre, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture, Norway
   -   Effects of different slaughtering methods on post harvest quality of farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Thomas Larsson, Nofima Marine, Norway 
   -   Using gene expression profiling to search for the molecular determinants of quality in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) with a previous diagnosis of pancreas disease (PD)

Elisabeth Young Abrahamsen, Nofima Norconserv AS, Norway
   -   The Effect of stress on the quality of Saithe (Pollachius virens)

Sara Barrento, IPIMAR, Portugal
   -   Live shipment of immersed crabs, Cancer pagurus and recovery in stocking tanks: quality and stress parameters characterization

Ilke Uysal, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
   -   Active edible films and coatings enhancing quality and shelf-life of seafood products: A short review of major studies

Geneviève Doiron, University of Moncton, Canada 
   -   The effects of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris and Bifidobacterium bifidum on the preservation of the Atlantic herring

 

17:00 Closing