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Program

Agenda

Agendas will be updated regularly and are available for download in PDF format.

Confirmed Sessions

  • The Common Fisheries Policy: A reform to contribute to sustainability
  • Building better salmon: Improving the life-cycle of seafood supply chains from fish to fork
  • Sustainability (point and counterpoint): What makes a product "sustainable"?
  • OCEAN 2012 - An alliance of organisations dedicated to transforming the European Fisheries Policy
  • Will salmon feeds become independent from fishmeal?
  • Fishermen today: Economic and environmental stakeholders
  • Asian salmon: The next generation of certified salmon fisheries?
  • Shaping the solution - What are integral elements of sustainable and equitable fisheries?
  • Towards a sustainable and equitable fishing relationship between EU and ACP countries
  • Developing Fisheries Improvement Partnerships: Leveraging change in fisheries
  • Scottish Conservation Credit Scheme: Voluntary intiative bringing stakeholders together
  • Are deep-sea fisheries sustainable? The precautionary and ecosystem approach to deep-sea fisheries
  • Public perceptions about mariculture at the tipping point: From being a problem, to being part of the solution
  • Quality initiatives and high-end collective brands progressing towards responsible fishing?
  • What role for standards systems in the future of fisheries?
  • Ensuring traceability in the seafood supply chain
  • The Future Oceans - Warming up, rising high and turning sour - Does it matter?
  • Marine Protected Areas and Catch Shares: Combing proven tools for a new generation of sustainable fisheries
  • The role of direct marketing in sustaining fishing communities
  • Shared value creation: Conservation and business partnerships in a changing world
  • Fisheries and aquaculture certification: A public vs. private perspective
  • Foodservice case study: Making the switch to sustainable seafood
  • The perfect paper trail: Eliminating illegal fish from the supply chain
  • The Coral Triangle - A marine diversity hotspot: Sustainability challenges and incentivising small-scale fisheries
  • Sustainable seafood from a crowded ocean: Fisheries and aquaculture interactions with other ocean industries and opportunties for cross-sectroal stewardship of the seas
  • Nile perch: From "nightmare" to Naturland
  • Regulating for sustainability: Emerging aquaculture management challenges and regulatory solutions
  • Communicating sustainability: Coping with consumer confusion
  • Debunking the bottleneck myth
  • Organic aquaculture and regulations
  • Aquaculture Standards: Winner take all?
  • Pisces - Resonsible Fish Restaurants: Sustainable sourcing - lessons learnt at sea
  • How seafood buyers and suppliers are impacting the sustainability of data-deficient developing country fisheries
  • The role of governments and governmental organisations in seafood sector sustainaility
  • Fishing and shellfish farming in 2020: An environmental approach at the golbal level, economic and social organisation at the human level
  • Seafood sustainability from a biological and carbon footprint perspective
  • Corporate responsibility in the seafood sector: How can businesses effectively communicate with consumers, NGOs and investors in a new challenging business environment?
  • The FSIG report: A global review of fish sustainability information schemes
  • Community-based fisheries management
  • Eco-labeling and EU regulation
  • Japanese consumer preferences for sustainable seafood

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Tuna Workshop

With tuna a global headline news item and an important part of the international seafood market, Seafood Choices Alliance will convene an extraordinary half-day event focused on tuna. This half-day event will occur on the Saturday before the Seafood Summit, January 30th, starting at 12:30 pm. This event is not limited to Seafood Summit attendees.

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Regional Field Trip

Port-en-Bessin: Discovering the Normandy scallop

Download the Programme (PDF)

NFM FishermanThe first Low-Normandy port in the past, Port-en-Bessin is located in the middle of the D-day beaches, in a fishery region well known for its scallops and soles. Low-Normandy represents, by weight, the third French producing region (60,000 metric tones) and the first one in terms of shellfish unloading. The Normandie Fraîcheur Mer (NFM) association and the Low-Normandy Regional Committee for Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture (CRPMEM BN) will welcome Seafood Summit delegates in Port-en-Bessin and will present their activities, the regional fishing management systems, and particularly the environmental certification projects for various fisheries.

Depart for Port-en-Bessin (from Marriott): February 2, 5:30 pm
Return Paris (to Marriott): February 3, evening

Cost: € 150*

Normandy Images



*cost includes lodging, transportation and meals.

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