Seafood Directions '99 - the inaugural biennial national seafood industry conference

Funded Activity Summary

The Australian Seafood Industry Council has identified a need to hold a biennial national seafood industry conference where the industry can gather in an appropriate forum to discuss and learn about issues of critical nature affecting the industry and to use this forum as a means of providing the basis for future planning and directions. The ASIC have identified the need to hold this conference bi-ennually on an ongoing basis. The ASIC have agreed that the venues for future conferences will be: 2001 Qld, 2003 WA, 2005 NSW.

There are a range of industry needs which have been identified as critical and which a National Seafood Conference can immediately and directly address at a national level.

1. There is a critical need for the seafood industry of Australia to promote itself and it's image.

2. There is also a critical need for industry to address the public's perception of seafood and associated issues such as quality, health benefits and product promotion.

3. There is a clear need for the Australian seafood industry to develop a 'conference culture' at a national level, which is critical to ensuring effective information transfer.

4. Other issues such as training and education, marketing and industry development also have international aspects which could be addressed through attracting international industry delegates to Australia through a conference.

5. There is a need for more extensive communication/interaction within the industry at national level and a national conference will provide an ideal forum for this to occur.

Additionally there is a need for national recognition within Australia's seafood industry of the value of its members and their operations. To promote this culture, the timing of the seafood conference and the fact that it will provide a critical mass of industry people will be the opportunity
to host the Inaugural National Seafood Industry Awards Dinner. This dinner is fully supported and will be fully funded by ASIC with the Project Management Team taking on the responsibility for the organisation of the event.

Objectives:
1. To conduct a national seafood industry conference in Adelaide in October 1999.
2. To use the conference to transfer information regarding critical issues to the seafood industry utilising local and overseas experts.
3. To document the process for planning for future biennial conferences.
4. To obtain clear resolutions from the conference and to use these resolutions to develop national industry policy for the future.
5. To enhance the image of the Australian seafood industry amongst the national and international community by:utilising the Tasting Australia exhibition being held in Adelaide in October 1999 as a national and international seafood trade exhibition and to use this forum for trialing future trade displays for the seafood industry- using the seafood exhibition at Tasting Australia as a means of promoting Australian seafood products and the seafood industry to the general public- using the seafood exhibition as a means of increasing or opening up possible new trade opportunities with invited overseas seafood buyers

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-06-1999

End Date: 20-12-2000

Funding Scheme: Funding Scheme not available

Funding Amount: $50,000.00

Funder: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

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Biomass | Community | Conference | Education | Marketing | Media | Policy | Promotion | Trade | Training

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