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The NASF FAO African seminar will focus on African export opportunities and market access into Europe
Africa Will be Present at the 7th NASF
(NORWAY, 3/1/2012)
Invited by FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department; 7 African coastal nations will attend the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) business arena March 6-8 for the first time.
A delegation of around 30 African officials and seafood industry leaders will come to Oslo to take part in the NASF on 6th-8th March; headed by Ministers from Ghana, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique and Namibia, and top Ministry Officials from Angola and South Africa.
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| Mr. Jørgen Lund, Hon. Bernhardt Esau and Mr. Erik Hempel met in Windhoek in January to discuss Namibian participation in NASF 2012 |
This African FAO seminar will give NASF delegates an up-to-date insight into the fisheries and aquaculture sectors in these regions, and a unique opportunity to meet, interact and discuss business opportunities with key Ministry officials and seafood industry stakeholders from these African nations – all in one venue.
FAO African seminar March 8th will focus on two main themes: African export opportunities and market access into Europe; and Opportunities for investments and financing of the fisheries and aquaculture industries in Africa.
A number of top executives from well know African fishing companies and institutions will - or may - join these national delegations and be part of the ever growing NASF global business arena including big players such as Irvin & Johnson; Oceana Group, Viking Fishing, Pescanova (Africa), Sea Harvest, South African Deep Sea Fishing Association, Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and others.
In January, Jorgen J. Lund, NASF Managing Director; and Erik Hempel, FAO Consultant, visited South African and Namibian Ministries of Fisheries and major fisheries companies and stakeholders in the region and we were very well received everywhere.
The NASF FAO African session will be moderated by Dr. Audun Lem from FAO. Here are highlights:
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| Árni M. Mathiesen |
Árni M. Mathiesen , Assistant Director General, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO , will address these central issues FAO activities – i) Resource management for sustainable fisheries: and the state of world fisheries. ii) Bringing Africa into the commercial world of fisheries.
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Conference Address: Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources , Hon. Bernard Esau, Namibia will give the Conference address on behalf of the 6 African nations with the theme: Southern African region fisheries business opportunities.
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Dr. Lahsen Ababouch, Director, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Economics Division will present the Outlook for African fisheries and aquaculture, and opportunities for business and investments.
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| Dr. Lahsen Ababouch |
Tore Nepstad, CEO, Institute of Marine Research, Norway will give an update of the 35 year old Nansen program for sustainable fisheries in Africa and show us the outlook for further engagement on this Continent.
- Pierre Charlebois, Canadian Consultant on agriculture and fishery markets and models , (formerly on assignment to OECD), will gaze into the crystal ball and show us the Outlook for fisheries and seafood in a global food context – Results from FAO /OECD forecasts.
Click here to see the list of the African ministerial delegations
North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF)
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| Tore Nepstad |
North Atlantic Seafood Forum is the world's largest seafood business conference and a leading meeting place for top industry executives.
The North Atlantic Seafood Forum is the biggest international event of its kind where CEO's of leading seafood companies in Norway and internationally take part to network, share their insights, discuss threats and opportunities and compare notes.
The 7th NASF is to be staged in Oslo March 6-8, 2012. Explore cutting edge innovation, research, sustainability, policy, business, trade and capital markets issues.
Around 100 international top-level speakers and experts will address 10 NASF seminars over 3 days.
Source; North Atlantic Seafood Forum
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