The meeting included a range of views regarding the risks and challenges inherent to the recent developments in international seafood trade with views from government officials, business representatives and academia. The symposium highlighted that the seafood sector is extremely dynamic and is increasingly becoming a global sector. Risks include the pressure of global demand on capture fisheries that are often overexploited, meeting the higher sanitary and phytosanitary requirements being set by the markets and the development of voluntary ecolabels. Opportunities include better management of marine resources, further development of the aquaculture sector, advancement of technology to meet sanitary and phytosanitary requirements and enhancement of the value-added sector in developing countries.
| ISBN: | 9789251061855 |
| Publication date: | 30th July 2010 |
| Author: | Hjorleifur Einarsson, William Emerson, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Háskólinn á Akureyri |
| Publisher: | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations an imprint of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 121 pages |
| Series: | FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings |
| Genres: |
Manufacturing industries |