Globalisation and Fisheries: Proceedings of an OECD-FAO Workshop

This conference proceedings highlights the key risks and opportunities that policy makers need to address relative to fisheries globalisation so that on the one hand, the opportunities that are created are not missed while, on the other, the risks are addressed appropriately. It presents a wide range of experiences and points of view from every part of the value chain of the fisheries industry, including fishers, processors, consumers, NGOs, restaurant and retail chains, as well as government and academic experts. Table of Content :List of Acronyms PART 1. OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP AND KEYNOTE ADDRESSES Chapter 1. Welcome Address by Einar Gudfinnsson, Iceland Minister of Fisheries Chapter 2. Welcome Address by Abraham Lyambo, Namibia Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Chapter 3. Keynote Opening Speech: Globalisation Overview by Alastair Macfarlane PART 2. RETAILING AND DISTRIBUTION OF FISH: TRENDS AND ISSUES Chapter 4. Global Seafood Sourcing: A Restaurant Perspective by Roger Bing Chapter 5. Buying Power as an Instrument of Change by Peter Redmond Chapter 6. Meeting Customer needs for Seafood by Peter Hajipieris PART 3. PROCESSING FISH: WHERE, WHY, AND HOW Chapter 7. Seafood Processing - Local Sources, Global Markets by Alda Möller Chapter 8. From Local Production to Global Trade: The Danish Seafood Industry in Transition by Poul Melgaard Jensen Chatper 9. Fish Safety and Quality Challenges by Developing Countries: The East African Nile Perch Case by Nancy Gitonga PART 4. IDENTIFYING THE PARAMETERS WITH WHICH WE ARE WORKING IN THE HARVESTING SECTORS Chapter 10. Are Present International High Seas Governance Structures Sufficient to Reap the Benefits of Globalisation by Michael Lodge Chapter 11. Fisheries Agreements and their Impact on the Globalisation of the Fisheries Sector in Mauritania by Chérif Ould Toueilib PART 5. IDENTIFYING THE PARAMETERS WITH WHICH WE ARE WORKING IN THE AGRICULRTURAL SECTOR Chapter 12. Impact of Globalisation - Challenges and Opportunities for Indian Aquaculture by G. Moyhan Kumar Chapter 13. Aquaculture in a Global Age - The European Perspective by Richard Bates Chapter 14. Organic Aquaculture - Opportunities for Emerging Markets and the Environmental Challenge for Exporting to Europe by Markus Stern Chapter 15. Meeting the Demands and Challenges of Globalisation of Trade in Agriculture: The Role of a Regional Inter-Governmental Body by Sena De Silva PART 6. LINKAGES ALONG THE VALUE CHAIN Chapter 16. An Investor's Perspective by Kristjan Davidsson Chapter 17. Microfinance, Small Scale Fisheries, and International Fisheries Trade in Selected APRACA Member Countries by Thiraphong Tangthirasunan Chapter 18. Globalised Out? - A Case for Fish Trade in Developing Countries by Stephen Mwikya Chapter 19. Perspectives from Canada's Pacific Coast by Christina Burridge Annex A. Biographies of Experts and Authors Annex B. List of Participants