The AFTC 2010, held in St. John's, Canada, September 7-10 was preceded with a short course on Marine Nutraceuticals that was organized by International Society for Nutraceuticals and Functional foods (ISNFF). The meeting which attracted nearly 100 participants from nine countries was addressed by honourable Mr. Jackman, the minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The participants were quite enthusiastic and the meeting met the highest standard in science, technology and their application that covered a wide range of topics. The meeting was chaired by Heather Manuel of Marine Institute and Fereidoon Shahidi was its program and scientific chair. One of the highlights of the meeting was presentation of the McFee Award. The award recipient this year was Pierre Blier from Université du Québec à Rimouski.

The organizers were particularly grateful to sponsors of the conference and pre-conference events, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture of Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation, Fisheries and Marine Institute, Memorial University of NL and Ocean Choice International.