More than 700 Attend Seafood Summit 2011: Next Summit in Hong Kong

Seafood Summit 2011: Responsibility without Borders brought together more than 700 representatives from all sectors of the seafood industry and more than 30 countries. Squamish Nation Elder Audrey Rivers, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, Patagonia CEO Yvon Chouinard, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership CEO Jim Cannon, High Liner Foods CEO Henry Demone as well as SeaWeb Vice President of Sustainable Markets Melanie Siggs welcomed Summit attendees with their opening remarks and plenary. On February 2, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales closed the Summit with a special video message.

On January 29 and 30, more than 30 Summit attendees took advantage of the preconference, overnight field experience to Vancouver Island to learn about shellfish farming from local aquaculturists Taylor Shellfish as well as Canada's Department of Fisheries and Ocean. Participants were then were treated to a lantern-lit wine and oyster tasting on the beach as well as a trip to the new Vancouver Island University Marine Field Station. A few others Summit delegates had the unique opportunity to join fishermen Steve Johansen and Frank Geech aboard the Organic Ocean spot prawn fishing boat for another field trip on February 1.

The next Summit will be held September 2012 in Hong Kong. Siggs said of the upcoming event: "I'm really excited that we are taking to the Summit to Asia for its 10th anniversary. The time is absolutely right and we're receiving a great reaction both on the ground in Hong Kong and from the current Summit participants. We'll be working hard to ensure we create a useful space to build on the success to date and enable our peers in Asia and Australasia to join us."

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