The global warm-water shrimp production has doubled in the last decade and over the course of the next thirty years, it is expected to increase even more. In the focus of the shrimp market and sustainability, there will be a conference taking place on this September in the Netherlands.
The Global Shrimp Forum will take place 6 to 8 September, 2022, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and appears to be “the warm-water shrimp industry’s first dedicated annual conference and business meeting, aiming to drive the shrimp industry towards a resilient and sustainable future.”
The Global Shrimp Forum Foundation in their press release stated that “Global trade of farmed shrimp will continue to expand, connecting the producing countries with consumers in many markets around the globe. But this $20 billion per year industry doesn’t have its own meeting place where
all different businesses and stakeholders can connect,”.
They also added, “The Global Shrimp Forum will feature production and market outlooks; innovation and technologies that transform shrimp production, supply chains, and markets; legal and regulatory challenges; new and upcoming producers and niche products; and finance and investment. But first and
foremost, the Global Shrimp Forum will become the largest unique top-executive meeting place for the shrimp industry, bringing together more than 400 leading players across the entire supply chain.”
The Global Shrimp Forum will be organized by a non-profit foundation set up by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), Shrimp Insights, and Contango. Johan Brouwer, a former Mowi and Seafood Connection executive and currently a business development lead at Veramaris, is also involved in the event as a Global Shrimp Forum Foundation board member. Shrimp Insights Owner and Founder Willem van der Pijl has been named the managing director of the Global Shrimp Forum and will also serve as a board member.
It is expected that there will be representatives from Bangladesh in the presenter and panel list.
Mr. Khondokar Mahbubul Haque, honorable Director General Department of Fisheries will be one of the presenter and Mr. Shymal Das, Managing director of MU Seafoods Ltd is in the Panel list.
