It is the second largest fisheries exhibition in Mainland China and the largest in South China
and Hong Kong.
More than 500 companies from Burma, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Viet Nam and
Taiwan attended the Expo, although Japanese companies were discouraged participation and denied
entry visas.
ATO Guangzhou Director and staff attended the opening ceremony and visited the show.
The Fuzhou Fishery Expo also welcomed the first US pavilion that was donated to the ATO and
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute as a friendship gesture from the provincial Fujian Fisheries
Association to encourage closer ties to local trade.
Exhibitors included the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, Food Export USA as well as
three seafood importing companies based in Guangzhou. The US pavilion featured salmon, Pollock,
king crab, flatfish, halibut, box crab, Boston lobster. A cooking demonstration area was also prepared to
debut exquisite Northern Atlantic seafood to Fujian traders.
A series of events were held during the Expo, inclusive of the China-ASEAN
fishery investment and trade fair and the first Fuzhou International Goldfish Competition. Many
ASEAN countries established large pavilions during the exhibition.
The Taiwan fishery industry
certainly enjoyed the spotlight housing the largest number of seafood companies. Fujian Province is
strengthening its collaboration and trade with Taiwan due to the proximity and the Economic
Cooperation Framework Agreement signed by Mainland China and Taiwan.
Various new seafood and
aquatic products imported from Taiwan were showcased and created a buzz at the Expo, including
penaeus monodon (banded shrimp) and concha haliotidis (small conch).
Success for 7th Straits Fuzhou International Fishery
CHINA- On 15 - 17 September, ATO Guangzhou led a delegation of export association representatives and Guangzhou US seafood traders to the 7th Strait Fuzhou International Fisheries Expo in Fuzhou, Fujian Province.
by Lucy Towers