The Pacific Tuna Forum 2007 to be held from 12 -13 September, 2007, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG) will be the best forum for potential investors looking for business opportunities in the Pacific tuna industry. The Forum is the first major international tuna industry and trade conference to be held in the region. The event is not only important for the tuna industry and fleet operators in the Pacific but also for other related industries in other parts of the world which depend on tuna supplies from the region.

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 Session I:   Tuna Resources and Management

• Global tuna industry and trade: Trends, issues and outlook - (David James, Consultant, Food and Agricultural Organizaton of the United Nations, Rome)
• Review on tuna stocks status in the Western & Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) – (Dr John Hampton, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, New Caledonia)
• Status of tuna fishing management regimes in WCPO (Les Clark, Consultant, ForumFisheries Agency, Solomon Islands)
• Managing tuna stocks through RFMOs – WCPFC Experience (Andrew Richards, MCS Manager, WCPF Commission, Phonpei, FSM)

Session II:   Tuna Industry Status and Investment Opportunity

• PNG: Tuna management policies-implications to the fishing industry (Maurice Brownjohn, President, Fishing Industry Association, Papua New Guinea)
• PNG: Industry status and investment opportunities (Ivan Pomaleu, Managing Director, Investment Promotion Authority, Papua New Guinea)
• Solomon Islands: Tuna industry status, investment opportunity and a brief overview of the world tuna market situation (Phil Roberts, Director of Operations, Tri Marine International Pte Ltd., Singapore)
• Fiji: Tuna industry status and investment opportunities (Russell Dunham, Group Business Director, Fiji Fish Marketing Group Ltd., Fiji)
• Other Pacific Island Countries: Tuna industry status and investment opportunity (Mike Batty, Coordinator, DEVFISH, Forum Fisheries Agency, Solomon Islands)
• Japanese tuna fishing operation in the Pacific Ocean: Current status and outlook (Kazuo Shima, President, Kaimaki, Japan)
• Sustainability of tuna fisheries and Taiwanese tuna fishing operation in the Pacific Ocean: Current status and outlook (James TP Tsai / Charles Lee, Chairman of Tuna Purse Seine Committee, Taiwan Tuna Association, Taiwan)
• Philippines tuna fishing operation and industry in the Pacific: Current status and outlook (Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr,Philippines Tuna Council, Philippines)

Session III:   Trade and Markets

• Tuna industry development and market prospects in the Pacific Island countries (Amanda Hamilton, Forum Fisheries Agency, Solomon Islands)
• Canned tuna: Current global situation and future prospects (Adolfo Valsecchi, CEO, MW Brands, France)
• The Asian markets for tuna and tuna products (Sudari Pawiro, Trade Promotion Officer, INFOFISH, Malaysia)
• Japanese regulatory measures for sustainable tuna fishing and trade (Hiroshi Sakamoto, CEO, Blue Ocean Fisheries Sdn Bhd, Malaysia)
• The EU markets and the prospects of the EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) to the tuna industry in the Pacific (Moses Mose, Trade Policy Adviser (ACP/EU), Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Fiji)
• The EU fresh and frozen tuna market and opportunities for Pacific exporters (Henk Brus, Founder and Managing Director, Atuna b.v., Netherlands)
• The US markets for non-canned tuna products (Bill Kowalski, President, Hawaii International Seafood Inc., USA)

Session IV:   Eco-Labelling, Tuna Fishing and Processing Technology

• Prospects for eco-labelling for the Pacific tuna industry (Duncan Leadbitter, Regional Director for Asia Pacific, MSC, Australia)
• Eco-labelling: Dolphin-safe tuna label, an update (Mark Berman, Earth Island Institute, USA)
• Developing small-scale tuna fishing (Augusto Natividad, President, Frabelle PNG Ltd, Papua New Guinea)
• Prospects for value-added tuna products for the Pacific Island countries (Sir Blaise Paru, Managing Director, Equatorial Marine Resources Ltd., Papua New Guinea)