Friday, May 6, 2011

Minister welcomes seafood exports boost

The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney visited the 18 Irish seafood exporters exhibiting at the European Seafood Expo (ESE) in Brussels this week. The exhibition is the world’s largest seafood fair, attracting buyers and sellers from over 140 countries, with over 1600 exhibitors in attendance.



Minister Coveney thanked Bord Bia, who organised the Irish participation, for their successful efforts over the year which saw seafood exports increase in 2010 by 18 percent to €365 million (US$531.751 million). The Minister said that "Irish Seafood exporters are indigenous businesses with significant scope for expansion who have an important role to play on the road to national economic recovery". Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers

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