Registration
Join us for the 4th Annual AGSTC Meeting focusing on the seafood industry and its key issues.
The AGSTC aims to establish and maintain the exchange of technical and scientific information on wild-caught fisheries and aquaculture in the region.
A general outline of the programs are provided below and additional details will be posted as they are available.
Costs:
AGSTC Conference
The AGSTC aims to establish and maintain the exchange of technical and scientific information on wild-caught fisheries and aquaculture in the region.
A general outline of the programs are provided below and additional details will be posted as they are available.
Costs:
AGSTC Conference
- $100, Early Bird until August 31
- Starting September 1, 2022: The cost increases to $150
- $35, Maximum of 40 dinner reservations — first come, first served.
- $275, Early Bird until August 31
- Starting September 1, 2022: The cost increases to $300
If by September 9th we do not have at least 15 people register, then the training will be canceled.
AGSTC Conference and Sanitation Training Topics
AGSTC Conference
Sanitation Training
Annual Meeting Agenda
To be announced.
AGSTC Conference
- Keynote: Challenges of the seafood Industry:
- Impact of COVID and the seafood industry
- Economic aspects (aquaculture and fisheries)
- Topical Panel: Alternative Seafood
- Oral Presentations Submit your abstract (deadline August 22)
Sanitation Training
- Day 1: Presentations
- Principles of cleaning and sanitizing
- Traditional sanitization practices and sanitizers
- Nanobubbles
- Swabs
- Evaluating the use of electrolyzed water as a disinfectant and cleaner in the seafood industry
- Regulatory requirements for sanitation
- Employee health and personal hygiene
- Day 2: Hands-on
- Electrolysis technology
- Application of detergent and sanitizers
- Swab testing
- Sanitation monitoring records
- Hand washing
Annual Meeting Agenda
To be announced.
The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
Don't forget to reserve your room at the Inn!
Travel Information
The main Virginia Tech campus is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, about 40 miles southwest of Roanoke, Virginia. Use 925 Prices Fork Road or the intersection of University City Boulevard and Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA 24060 as a destination for online routing and mapping software and GPS devices.
For direction to Virginia Tech in Blacksburg VA click this link https://vt.edu/maps/directions.html.
For direction to Virginia Tech in Blacksburg VA click this link https://vt.edu/maps/directions.html.
