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Increased Value of Seafood

29.8.2005

Increased Value of Seafood

Conference in Reykjavík, Nordica Hotel

September 8, 2005

 

 

 

 

14.00-14.10                 Address by Árni M. Mathiesen Minister of Fisheries in Iceland

 

14.10-14.20                 Address by Commissioner Joe Borg, Member of the European Commission with responsibility for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

 

14.20-14.30                 Address by William T. Hogarth, Director of NOAA Fisheries

 

14.30-14.50                 Increasing value of Seafood through advances in technology

Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Director of Product Development, Marel

 

14.50-15.10                 Increasing value of seafood: Cooperation between the government and the industry

Sjöfn Sigurgísladóttir, Director General of the Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories

 

15.10-15.30                 Coffee break

 

15.30-15.50                 Increasing value of seafood through logistics

                                    Kristján M. Ólafsson, Logistics Manager, Samskip

 

15.50-16.10                 Increasing value of seafood through management system

Bruno Correard, Manager for Sustainable Marine Resources, Carrefour

 

16.10- 16.30                Increasing value of seafood through management system ­– the Alaska way 

                        David Bedford, Deputy Commissioner of The Alaska Department of Fish and Game

 

16.30-17.10                 Panel discussions. Moderator: Friðrik Friðriksson, Chairman of the Icelandic Committee of Increased Value of Seafood

 

17.10-17.15                 Closing remarks by Icelandic Minister of Fisheries Árni M. Mathiesen

 

17.15-18.15                 Reception hosted by Icelandic Minister of Fisheries Árni M. Mathiesen

 

Chairman of the Conference: Erla Björg Guðrúnardóttir, Director of MARZ Seafood