EUROFISH co-organized a regional workshop “The WTO, market access and fisheries trade issues”, together with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia. The workshop was held in Yerevan.
The programme of the workshop focused on regional cooperation and exchange of experience in the fisheries trade, global and regional trends in seafood trade, traceability of seafood products, product standards and certification schemes, and other topics. The workshop brought together 60 participants from 20 countries to raise awareness over the recent tendencies in the WTO trade of fisheries products focusing on the regional cooperation.
The speakers were represented by the FAO, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, International Centre for Trade and Development, Norwegian Seafood Council, Global Seafood Sustainability Initiative, EUROFISH International Organisation, and the nominated countries’ speakers who provided an insight into the recent developments on production and trade of fisheries products in their countries.
