The Norwegian Seafood Council with stakeholders and regulatory authorities involved in stockfish and seafood imports and exports trade in Nigeria will hold a one-day interactive workshop on Nov. 15, 2023.
The Norwegian Seafood Council with stakeholders and regulatory authorities involved in stockfish and seafood imports and exports trade in Nigeria will be participating in a one-day interactive workshop scheduled for Nov. 15, 2023.
The workshop which will be held at the prestigious Lagos Continental Hotel Victoria Hall (4th floor) 52a Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos at 9.30 am, is aimed at strengthening relationship
between the Norwegian Seafood Council and other stakeholders as well as shipping agents and Nigeria Customs Licenced Clearing Agents.
Norway and Nigeria have long traditions of working together; the Export of stockfish started as early as the 1890s, and it is today enjoyed by Nigerians all over the country and is now an important part of Nigeria Cuisine, Norwegian Stockfish Heads are currently more or less the most affordable protein for a vast majority of Nigerians in the low-income bracket.
Many livelihoods depend on the Stockfish trade as both Men and Women are involved in its sales in all the Nigerian Markets.
A key objective of the one-day interactive workshop is aimed at market access and highlighting the nutritional value of Stockfish and Stockfish Head; that its intake especially by children will lead to better overall wellness of children and adults.
The interactive workshop will also be a further update that despite the popularity of Stockfish in Nigeria, it does not and will not pose a threat to the encouragement of increased local production of Farmed Fish in Nigeria as the imported volume is relatively low.
Norwegian Government through the Norwegian Seafood Council for the promotion and re-entry of Nigeria’s farmed fish products into International Markets of E.U. and the Americas; the Norwegian Seafood Council conducted a capacity building/training for fisheries officers/stakeholders involved in fish farming and processing for export and import of Nigerian farmed fish products in May 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria.
The challenges encountered by the operators in the imports of the Stockfish and Stockfish Head is also expected to be discussed.
A communiqué is expected to be generated by the Stakeholders towards achieving the purpose of the Interactive Workshop.
