Participants at last year's BlueInvest Africa event.
Photo: BlueInvest Africa.
This July, Asia and Africa will play host to a range of key international seafood, aquaculture and blue economy events.
Here's WeAreAquaculture's round-up of the trade shows, conferences and meetings to watch out for in July 2024.
BlueInvest Africa takes place at Diamonds Resort, Diani, Kwale County, Kenya, and Online.
BlueInvest Africa aims to facilitate meetings between African entrepreneurs seeking financing and international investors scouting for opportunities, all centred around projects capable of propelling Africa's blue economy forward.
The focus for the 2024 meeting is to spotlight transformative projects within maritime and coastal sectors and interior waters, emphasising sustainable innovation, job creation, and marine ecosystem preservation. It also provides a platform for African-based companies and global investors to forge strategic alliances, exchange knowledge, and propel the blue economy to unprecedented heights.
Overall, BlueInvest Africa 2024 offers a comprehensive platform for learning, collaboration, and growth, making it an invaluable event for anyone interested in the sustainable blue economy.
Indo Fisheries Expo & Forum 2024 takes place on 3-5 July at Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo), Jakarta, Indonesia.
Indo Fisheries 2024 is a leading event covering the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector, featuring exhibits from over 575 companies from 40 countries and attracting more than 15,000 visitors.
The event includes B2B matchmaking, business forums, seminars, and product presentations, bringing together potential buyers and decision makers representing farmers, food processors, retailers and distributors from Indonesia and South East Asia countries.
The 21st biennial IIFET conference takes place 15 - 19 July 2024 in Penang, Malaysia.
The International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade (IIFET) Conference serves as a valuable platform for its members and other participants to stay abreast of important research developments in seafood trade, aquaculture and fisheries management.
This biennial event attracts natural resource and environmental economists, interdisciplinary fisheries and aquaculture researchers, managers, government, NGO and international agency staff and industry representatives from around the world, representing diverse fishing regions.
The 21st biennial IIFET conference theme will be "Aquatic Food Systems in the Blue Economy". This edition is being organized by WorldFish and the Department of Fisheries, Malaysia, and will be held in Asia for the first time since 2008.
Seafood Expo Bangladesh takes place on July 24 - 26, 2024, at International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
This year's Seafood Expo Bangladesh will bring together seafood professionals from Bangladesh and around the world to showcase products, technologies, and services, promoting trade and networking opportunities.
According to the expo website, the Bangladesh fisheries sector contributes 3.6% of the country’s total GDP, 26.5% of the agricultural GDP, and 1.24% of the total export earning, accounting for 482.19 million US dollars in 2021. About 20 million people in the country, or more than 12% of the total population, are directly or indirectly involved in various activities of the aquaculture and fisheries sector.
Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2024 (APA 2024) takes place July 29 - August 1, 2024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Billed as the third major aquaculture conference in Indonesia, APA 2024 will feature technical sessions, workshops, and an exhibition focused on the latest developments and research in aquaculture within the Asia-Pacific region.
According to the conference website, Indonesia's aquaculture industry ihas seen an increase of almost 20% in the last 5 years (by hectares in aquaculture production) and a surge of over 50% per year in tons produced every year for the last 10 years.
The conference is organised by the Asian-Pacific Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society.