Global Aquaculture Advocate May Editor's Note
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 00:00 (GMT + 9)
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Gotta have GOALs
Our readers were understandably excited to read about Robins McIntosh’s plans for shrimp aquaculture in the United States. Jodi Helmer’s feature, by far the month of May’s most-read story on The Advocate, took a good look at Homegrown Shrimp USA’s first location in Florida and got McIntosh’s thoughts on the potential of recirculating aquaculture systems.
Spoiler alert: He’s in on RAS. And when Robins McIntosh speaks, people listen. He’s helped to build Thailand-based CP Foods into one of the world’s largest seafood companies, and now he’s got ambitious goals for the Homegrown Shrimp model, which include new operations near vital markets. I’m not betting against him.
Speaking of ambitious goals, my colleagues at GAA and I are excited about the virtual GOAL 2020 plans we announced this month. While my first-ever visit to Japan will have to wait a year, I’m looking forward to rolling out an online solution this October that will allow us to deliver the closest thing possible to a live conference.
There’s no substitute for the handshake and eye-to-eye connection you only get in person (although we might need to rethink the whole handshake thing). We understand that and will no doubt miss catching up with our regular visitors this fall and greeting new faces we meet on various continents. The global nature of this conference is what makes it fun. We’ll be back in 2021.
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We’ll share more details in the coming weeks about what we have in store for the week of Oct. 5, but for now just remember that the conference will take place on our website, on the GOAL page. Also, much of this conference will be open to all, but certain sessions will be restricted to GAA’s individual and corporate members.
Consider becoming a member (individual memberships are just $50) and you’ll get an enhanced conference experience with networking capabilities and valuable take-home reports, like our annual Global Aquaculture Production Survey and Forecast for both shrimp and finfish. Plus you'll get to read this column every month.
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