Global Seafood Alliance’s 2022 GOAL Conference moved from Tokyo to Seattle

The International Seafood Alliance’s GOAL Convention, scheduled for 3 to five October, 2022, has been moved from Tokyo, Japan, to Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Initially scheduled to happen on the Okura Resort in Tokyo from 24 to 27 October, the occasion was moved as a result of “pandemic-associated journey restrictions made holding an in-person occasion in Japan impractical,” GSA mentioned in a 21 April press launch.

The occasion, which the group dubs “the accountable seafood convention,” covers seafood-related subjects from aquaculture to wild-capture fisheries, ocean well being, and local weather change, will now happen at Seattle’s Fairmont Olympic Resort.

“Whereas we’re upset that GOAL is not going to be held in Tokyo this 12 months, we’re excited that GOAL is returning to the US for the primary time in 13 years, when GOAL 2009 was held in Seattle,” GSA CEO Brian Perkins mentioned. “We selected Seattle as a result of it matches ideally with GSA’s budding involvement in wild-capture fisheries with the rebrand from the International Aquaculture Alliance to the International Seafood Alliance final 12 months, and Seattle has a wealthy fishing custom.”

Previously referred to as the International Aquaculture Alliance, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A.-based GSA is a nonprofit “devoted to advancing accountable seafood practices by means of schooling, advocacy, and third-party assurances.” It operates the Finest Aquaculture Practices and Finest Seafood Practices certification packages,

This 12 months, GOAL will include a collection of digital occasions, adopted by the in-person occasion, which is predicted to attract an estimated 500 attendees. It will likely be the twenty fifth version of the occasion, which has been held in 18 cities on 4 continents since 2001. GSA mentioned a top level view of the convention program can be launched by late Could, and registration will open 1 June. Dates for the digital occasions may even be introduced by late Could, it mentioned.

“Nothing can substitute the worth of the connections made at in-person occasions. We’re actually trying ahead to gathering with our associates in-person once more,” Perkins mentioned.