Call for Papers and Guidelines for Submitting PFT Abstracts:    Due November 30, 2007           

The Pacific Fisheries Technologists conference convenes February 3-6, 2008 at the Hotel Whitcomb, 1231 Market Street, San Francisco, CA. The PFT 2008 Planning Committee is working on an exciting program and invites participants from the seafood industry, academia, and government agencies to this annual international meeting of presentations, discussions, and social interactions. The theme of the meeting, “From Sea to Plate by the City of the Golden Gate,” emphasizes bridging communication. Technical and scientific papers focusing on seafood products and technology in the following areas are appropriate:

Aquaculture and Feeds • Biochemistry • Byproducts • Education/Extension •
Engineering • Environmental Issues • Fish Harvesting and Handling • Marine Biology •
Marketing • Microbiology • Processing • Regulatory Issues • Safety •
Shellfish • Value-added Products • Waste Management

There will be oral presentations and a poster session. Oral presentations will fit into 20-minute time slots; plan on a15-minute presentation followed by 5 minutes for questions and comments. Binder clips will be used to hold the poster in place on a foam core easel board (40” wide x 32” high x 1/8” thick). Posters should be readable from a distance of 3 feet.


ABSTRACT GUIDELINES

• Using a 12 point Times New Roman font and 1 inch margins (top, bottom and sides), submit your typed text in English on one-page containing 200-300 words. The abstract should summarize the introduction, objective, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion(s).
• List the title in bold letters.
• Indicate whether the abstract is for an oral presentation or a poster.
• List the authors’ names and affiliations on a separate line beneath the title, and indicate the presenter with an asterisk(*).

Upload abstracts by November 30, 2007 via this web site:  https://ucce.ucdavis.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=2011

Student presenters will also be asked to indicate:  1) the degree that they are earning and whether or not they wish to participate in the PFT Student Paper Competition.

WHOM TO CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION

 PFT 2008 technical program or abstract submission - Dr. Subramaniam Sathivel,  PFT Technical Program Committee Chair (Louisiana State University, Food Science Department, 111 Food Science Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.  Phone:  225- 578-0614 E-mail: SSathivel@agcenter.lsu.edu).

 PFT Student Paper Competition -: Dr. Donald Kramer, PFT Student Paper Competition Chair
 (Marine Advisory Program, 1007 W 3rd Avenue #100, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA.  Phone: 907-274-9695    Fax: 907-274-5242   E-mail: afdek@uaa.alaska.edu)

PFT Student Travel Competition - Ms. Liz Brown, PFT Student Travel Competition Chair (University of Georgia, Marine Extension, 715 Bay Street, New Brunswick, GA  31520 USA  Phone: 912-264-7222 E-mail: BrownLiz@uga.edu).