ALL eyes are on the Humber when it comes to the seafood industry this week.
Here's our guide to the latest happenings as delegates descend for three days of knowledge-sharing, industry news and networking.
Follow the links here for all the stories covered by the Grimsby Telegraph in the build-up to a cracking Seafood September.
More will be added as the week continues.
First up this week is North Sea Fish Conference in Hull, with a launch dinner at The Deep followed by a day-long conference at University of Hull.
Then attention turns to Grimsby and the fifth annual Humber Seafood Summit.
A welcome reception takes place on Wednesday, ahead of Thursday's full programme. NORTH SEA FISH:
Tom Pickerell, technical director for Grimsby-based Seafish, will speak after the reception dinner, with experts on the main day, to be held at the university, including Grimsby's Mike Mitchell, technical and corporate social responsibility director at Young's Seafood.
Also at the lectern will be Mariëtte de Visser, lead beneficiary of North Sea Fish; consumer insight specialist Jonathan Banks; Olga van der Valk of Wageningen University, who will speak about sustainable fisheries governance; Gerard van Keken, an independent researcher/consultant who will focus on place branding and Stephanie Maes, coordinator of Fisheries Local Action Group.
Presentations will consider how traditional fishing ports like Grimsby have reinvented themselves as fish processing centres alongside new branding initiatives being carried out by small "artisan" fisheries to increase their market value. HUMBER SEAFOOD SUMMIT:
8.30am: Introduction from Dr Paul Williams, chief executive, Seafish.
8.40am: Key note speech from Mike Berthet, M&J Seafood, "A Foodservice Perspective".
9am: Nianjun Shen, FAO, "Global Trends of Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Implications for Food Security".
Session One – Opportunities & Trends: UK Outlook
9.20am: Jonathan Banks, JB Associates, "Satisfying the Shopper and the Consumer".
9.40am: Dr Tom Pickerell, technical director, Seafish: "A New Approach for Informing Buying Decisions".
10am: Jose Souto, Westminster College: "Understanding Sustainability Within the Professional Chef Sector".
10.20am: Baukje De Roos, University of Aberdeen, "Health Effects of Consuming Two Portions Per Week of Scottish Farmed Salmon Raised on Different Feeding Regimes".
10.40am: Louise Vaughan, Acceleris/NFFO, 'Let Them Eat Hake – Using the Media to Communicate Positive Messages on the Industry'
11am: Q&A (to follow all sessions), then break.
Session Two – Aquaculture and Standards
11.30am: Andrew Jackson, IFFO, "Certifying Marine Ingredients for Aquafeeds".
11.50am: Dan Lee,
Global Aquaculture Alliance, "Moving From Responsible to Sustainable Aquaculture".
12.10pm: Francis Murray, University of Stirling, "Small-holder Opportunities for Third Party Certification; Experiences from the Bangladesh Shrimp Sector".
12.30pm: Esther Luiten, Aquaculture Stewardship Council, "How Certification is Fuelling Change".
Session Three – Scanning the Horizon – Trade and Technology, chaired by Simon Dwyer.
2pm: Russia – Alexey Pchelintsev, Eurofish
2.10pm: Iceland – Jonas Vidarsson, MATIS
2.30pm: China – Claire Urry, China-Britain Business Council.
2.50pm: Norway – Jack-Robert Moller, Norwegian Seafood Council.IN PRINT: Don't miss Tuesday's Grimsby Telegraph, containing the 36-page Business Telegraph, with five pages dedicated to Humber Seafood Summit and the vital industry.
