The Continents Vessel Operators
look to Fish Africa for re-supply

Having been promoted extensively internationally for all of its 14 year existence Fish Africa has deservedly earned a reputation amongst the operators of the continents commercial Fishing Fleets as the place to do business.

A clear illustration of this reputation comes by way of a letter recently addressed to Fish Africa organisers, Exhibition Management Services, by a Ghanian based company that operates a Tuna Fishing Business.

Not only does this letter state the management’s intention to come “shopping” at the exhibition but includes a lengthy list of 269 different types of items that the Company wants to source in Cape Town in October.  This Tuna Company’s requirements include: Fish hold epoxy primer, radio direction finders, life jackets, fire extinguishers, safety boots, fishing hooks, nylon and wire ropes, submersible pumps, stainless steel nuts and bolts, brine thermometers and a further 358 diverse items needed by their operation.

It may not be local companies that garner this business though.

International suppliers are well aware of the increasing trend of African Business sourcing its requirements from South Africa as opposed to Europe or the States.

Determined to cut through this supply chain and take the business home with them this year are a good number of international exhibitors who see Fish Africa as an opportunity to recapture business.  Leading this initiative is an eight Company strong Danish National Group with other companies coming from Sweden, Germany, Ireland, Norway, U.K., India, USA and Vietnam.

Borrowing two Fishing analogies Nolene Martin, Exhibition Manager said “You have no chance of catching a Fish unless you have got a hook in the water” (with reference to the fact that unless your company is exhibiting at the event you have no chance of landing the business it attracts).  So “Fish where the Fish are biting, exhibit at Fish Africa and catch that big order”

With the supply of wild caught Fish at its sustainable limit and increasing demand worldwide for this form of protein the slack has to be taken up by an ever growing Aquaculture industry.

In many instances existing operators in the wild caught arena see development of aquaculture projects as a seamless extension to their current business and an opportunity to provide growth and profit in an otherwise capped market.

Working closely with the World’s Leading publications in this Industry, Fishing News International and Fish Farming International, the organisers, Exhibition Management Services were made aware of this shift in supply dynamics and consequently the exhibition Aquaculture Africa was added to the show line up almost 5 years ago.

This element of the expo has been further reinforced in 2007 with the inclusion of a very comprehensive aquaculture conference entitled “linking resources to markets though technology”.

Also featuring this year will be a conference addressing the issues of Marine and Coastal Management in Africa.

It all takes place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from October 24-26.  Entry to the exhibition which runs from 10H00 to 17H00 daily is free to bonafide Industry workers.  There is a charge for the conferences.

For more information contact:

Nolene Martin
Exhibition Management Services
Tel:       011-783-7250
Fax:      011-783-7269
Email:   sales1@exhibitonsafrica.com
Web:    www.exhibitionsafrica.com

Artificial Seawater allows Kabeljou to be farmed in Pretoria

With soaring demand worldwide for Fish and Fish products, dwindling stocks and rising prices Aquaculture is without doubt an international growth industry.

To put this statement into context the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that nearly half the seafood consumed annually is farmed.

This is expected to rise to 60 % in the next couple of years with wild caught Kingklip already more expensive per kilo than farmed prawns.
South Africa’s previously healthy and well managed Fish stocks have meant that little attention has been given to Aquaculture locally and the country is generally deficient in developed projects.
This is not to say that we can’t boast some successful Mariculture and Aquaculture innovations, one such being Espadon Marine’s Inland Seawater Farm in Centurion, Pretoria.

This commercial operation has started producing two tons of Kabeljou (aka SA Kob) per month in Artificial Seawater and runs the only marine farm away from the coast that is not reliant on pumped seawater.
The restaurant seafood market for farmed Kabeljou in Gauteng alone is estimated to be 100 tons per month so there’s big potential.
The combined Fish Africa and Aquaculture Africa exhibitions held biennially in Cape Town and scheduled for the CTICC this October offer technological insight into both forms of Fish supply and the interrelation between them.

To further enhance the value of these expos the Aquaculture Association of South Africa will be holding a series of conferences and workshops entitled “Linking resources to markets through technology”

For more information contact:

Nolene Martin
Exhibition Management Services
Tel:       011-783-7250
Fax:      011-783-7269
Email:   sales1@exhibitonsafrica.com
Web:    www.exhibitionsafrica.com

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Fish Africa Expo for Cape Town in October

Bookings are flowing in for the Fish Africa 2007 Exhibition scheduled for the Cape Town International Convention Centre from
October 24-26.
Fish Africa shows have become the “must attend” event in Sub-Sahara African Fishing Calendar over the last twelve years.
This year the organisers, Exhibition Management Services (EMS) are broadening the appeal of the show by extending it to cover Fish Farming and, for the first time, the workboat industry.
So, the three-day event will comprise Fish Africa, Aquaculture Africa and Maritime Africa 2007 – a unique combination.
This years Fish Africa show is very timely as:

1. Almost all of the fish quotas in Sough Africa have now been awarded to fishing companies on a long-term basis and are beyond dispute;
2. Investment is flowing into the fledgling fish farming industry; and
3. The workboat and maritime sector is gathering pace.

Companies which have already booked stands for the show include:   African Maritime Services, Alnet, Barloworld Equipment Energy, Barloworld Equipment Energy – Perkins, B53 Technologies, Combustion Technologies, Cape Centrifuge, DEAT, Eraco Boat Builders, Kimlong Fishery, Life Saving Equipment, Mares Shipping, Marine Radio Supplies, and Marine Radio Acoustic Devices.
Also attending will be Meridian Technologies, MTU South Africa, Novamarine, Olrac, Pammarine & Industrial, Peninsula Power Products, Pertec, Pitz Trading/Pro Fish Cape, Radio Holland and Southern Power Products.
Updates on companies and organisations attending the show will be given in further editions of CBN.

For more information contact:

Nolene Martin
Exhibition Management Services
Tel:       011-783-7250
Fax:      011-783-7269
Email:   sales1@exhibitonsafrica.com
Web:    www.exhibitionsafrica.com