6 - 1ST NASF FAO FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SEMINAR
Organized by FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Rome – in cooperation with NASF; key Norwegian institutions and North Atlantic seafood stakeholders. Focus is on FAO policies and initiatives along with white fish/pelagic fish market outlook and overview of key African fisheries and aquaculture regions.
Welcome to 1st FAO NASF seminars 2012 – Dr. Audun Lem, FAO Seminar Chair
• Official opening: Senior Official Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries
(invited)
• FAO introduction
: i) FAO activities - Resource management for sustainable fisheries:
the state of world fisheries. ii) Bringing Africa into the commercial world of fisheries.
Arni M. Mathiesen, Assistant Director General, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Department, FAO, Rome
• Conference Address:
African Market access and business opportunities – Minister
of Fisheries , Atlantic African Country
(speaker to be confirmed)
• Africa current investment climate and business opportunities – Senior Director,
African Development Bank
, Tunisia
• Overview:
Outlook for in African fisheries and aquaculture, Dr. Lahsen Ababouch,
Director, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Economics Division,
Rome
• Nansen program for sustainable fisheries in Africa; Tore Nepstad, CEO, Institute of
Marine Research,
Norway
• Outlook for fisheries and aquaculture industries in a number of key African countries
including: Mozambique; Namibia, South Africa, Ghana, Angola, Morocco
– Speaker and countries to be confirmed by FAO
Lunch
