Globalisation and Fisheries: Proceedings of an OECD-FAO Workshop (SANS COLL - OCDE)

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. Read more... Welcome Address By The Minister Of Fisheries, Iceland / Einar Gudfinnsson -- Welcome Address By The Minister Of Fisheries And Marine Resources, Namibia / Abraham Lyambo -- Keynote Opening Speech : Globalisation Overview / Alastair Macfarlane -- Global Seafood Sourcing : A Restaurant Perspective / Roger Bing -- Buying Power As An Instrument Of Change / Peter Redmond -- Meeting Customer Needs For Seafood / Peter Hajipieris -- Seafood Processing -- Local Sources, Global Markets / Alda Möller -- From Local Production To Global Trade : The Danish Seafood Industry In Transition / Poul Melgaard Jensen -- Fish Safety And Quality Challenges By Developing Countries : The East African Nile Perch Case / Nancy Gitonga -- Are Present International High Seas Governance Structures Sufficient To Reap The Benefits Of Globalisation? / Michael Lodge -- Fisheries Agreements And Their Impact On The Globalisation Of The Fisheries Sector In Mauritania / Chérif Ould Toueilib -- Impact Of Globalisation -- Challenges And Opportunities For Indian Aquaculture / G. Mohan Kumar -- Aquaculture In A Global Age -- The European Perspective / Richard Bates -- Organic Aquaculture -- Opportunities For Emerging Markets Of The Environmental Challenge For Exporting To Europe / Markus Stern -- Meeting The Demands And Challenges Of Globalisation Of Trade In Aquaculture : Rhe Role Of A Regional Inter-governmental Body / Sena De Silva -- An Investor's Perspective / Kristjan Davidsson -- Microfinance, Small Scale Fisheries And International Fisheries Trade In Selected Apraca Member Countries / Thiraphong Tangthirasunan -- Globalised Out? -- A Case For Fish Trade In Developing Countries / Stephen Mwikya -- Perspectives From Canada's Pacific Coast / Christina Burridge -- Annex A. Biographies Of Experts And Authors -- Annex B. List Of Participants. Oecd. Proceedings Of The Workshop On The Challenges And Opportunities Of Fisheries Globalisation Hosted By The Oecd Committee For Fisheries And The Fao Fisheries And Aquaculture Department In Paris, April 16-17, 2007. Includes Bibliographical References. Issued Also Electronically Via World Wide Web In Pdf Format. TABLE OF CONTENTS - List of Acronyms CHAIR'S SUMMARY REPORT PART 1. OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP AND KEYNOTE ADDRESSES Chapter 1. Welcome Address by the Minister of Fisheries, Iceland Chapter 2. Welcome Address by the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia Chapter 3. Keynote Opening Speech: Globalisation Overview PART 2. RETAILING AND DISTRIBUTION OF FISH: TRENDS AND ISSUES Chapter 4. Global Seafood Sourcing: A Restaurant Perspective Chapter 5. Buying Power as an Instrument of Change Chapter 6. Meeting Customer Needs for Seafood PART 3. PROCESSING FISH: WHERE, WHY AND HOW. Chapter 7. Seafood Processing -- Local Sources, Global MarketsChapter 8. From Local Production to Global Trade: The Danish Seafood Industry in Transition Chapter 9. Fish Safety and Quality Challenges by Developing Countries: The East African Nile Perch Case PART 4. IDENTIFYING THE PARAMETERS WITH WHICH WE AREWORKING IN THE HARVESTING SECTORS Chapter 10. Are Present International High Seas Governance Structures Sufficient to Reap the Benefits of Globalisation? Chapter 11. Fisheries Agreements and their impact on the Globalisation of the Fisheries Sector in Mauritania. PART 5. IDENTIFYING THE PARAMETERS WITH WHICH WE AREWORKING IN THE AQUACULTURE SECTORChapter 12. Impact of Globalisation -- Challenges and Opportunities for Indian Aquaculture Chapter 13. Aquaculture in a Global Age -- The European Perspective Chapter 14. Organic Aquaculture -- Opportunities for Emerging Markets of the Environmental Challenge for Exporting to Europe Chapter 15. Meeting the Demands and Challenges of Globalisation of Trade in Aquaculture: The Role of a Regional Inter-Governmental Body PART 6. LINKAGES ALONG THE VALUE CHAIN Chapter 16. An Investor's Perspective. Chapter 17. Microfinance, Small Scale Fisheries and International Fisheries Trade in Selected APRACA Member CountriesChapter 18. Globalised Out? -- A Case for Fish Trade in Developing Countries Chapter 19. Perspectives from Canada's Pacific Coast ANNEX A. BIOGRAPHIES OF EXPERTS AND AUTHORS ANNEX B. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS. This conference proceedings highlights the key risks and opportunities that policy makers need to address relative to fisheries globalization 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.--Publisher's description