IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
IN FISHERY PRODUCTS ON FOOD SECURITY

 A Study Conducted Jointly by the
 Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations
 And the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Norway
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DR. OSCAR AMARASINGHE has a Ph.D in fisheries economics from the University of Namur, Belgium. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Agriculture/Fisheries/ Environmental Economics at the University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Ruhuna (1989-1991) and a Director of the National Aquaculture Development Authority (1999-2001).Oscar has more than 15 years of experience in working with fishing communities and has a number of publications to his credit, based on his research work in the coastal fishing communities in the south of Sri Lanka. His research interests and consultancy work in the field of fisheries include the impact of technological change, factor and product markets, changes in production relations, fisheries policy, fisheries management, etc. while he also functions as a consultant for EIA and Project Appraisal work. He is a member of the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) and a number of international and local associations having interests in fisheries.
E-Mail: oamarasinghe@yahoo.com

Dr. RICHARD KENNEDY OGINGA ABILA has a doctorate from the University of Hull, UK. He is currently Lecturer in the Department of Environment Studies, Maseno University, Kenya. Richard has worked as Senior Researcher in the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya for a decade. His research interests include fisheries socio-economics and development issues. He has played a leading role in international fisheries projects funded by several international agencies such as the EU, World Bank, NORAD and IUCN. He has also undertaken consultancy work for a number of international and local organisations. He has numerous research publications to his credit that have appeared in international journals and as technical reports.
E-Mail: abilarichard@hotmail.com

Dr. SOMYING PIUMSOMBUN has a doctorate in fisheries economics from the Simon Frazer University, Canada. She is currently Senior Fisheries Economics Expert in the Department of Fisheries, Thailand. Somying has worked in the Department of Fisheries for over 25 years. She has been a special lecturer in Kasetsart University, Thailand for over 10 years. Her fields of interest include fisheries economics, resource management, small-scale fisheries development and international fish trade.
René is a member of ICSF (International Collective in Support of Fishworkers) www.iscf.net and is one of close to 50 innovative leaders of the Foundation AVINA www.avina.net. René receives a fellowship from ASHOKA www.ashoka.org which allows him to carry out his philanthropic activities. Three years ago René and friends founded a fundraising organization called Society of Friends of Prainha do Canto Verde based in Switzerland which provides seed money for small community development projects in the northeast of Brazil. He and his adoptive community have won three awards for his voluntary work in Brazil: “Child 1997” of the Foundation Abrinq in São Paulo Brazil, the “TODO! 1999” prize for the socially responsible tourism project in Prainha do Canto Verde from the German NGO Studygroup of Tourism and Development and in 2002 the first prize in a contest of case studies about Sustainable Tourism offered by SENAC (national agency for training in trade and tourism) of Brazil.
E-Mail: somyingp@fisheries.go.th

Rene Scharer spent his professional career in the airline business in the field of marketing and administration with postings in different executive positions in Switzerland, USA, Italy, Spain and Brazil. He decided to cut short his airline career and moved to the tiny fishing village of Prainha do Canto Verde in the northeastern state of Ceará in Brazil where he became involved with fishery, community development and socially responsible tourism development. In 1993 he laid the foundations for the NGO “Instituto Terramar” which has since developed to become the principal organization that supports coastal communities and popular movements in their quest for public policies towards sustainable development. He has dedicated his time working with artisanal fishermen in the development of strategies for sustainable management of the spiny lobster fishery, having recently participated on a Government Task Force to revise fisheries management in Brazil. René is a member of ICSF International Collective in Support of Fishworkers, and is one of the 50 innovative leaders of the Foundation AVINA. René receives a fellowship from ASHOKA FOUNDATION which allows him to carry out his philanthropic activities. He and his adoptive community have won three awards for his voluntary work in Brazil: “Child 1997” of the Foundation Abrinq in São Paulo Brazil, the “TODO! 1999” prize for the socially responsible tourism project in Prainha do Canto Verde from the German NGO Studygroup of Tourism and Development and in 2002 the first prize in a contest of case studies about Sustainable Tourism offered by SENAC (national agency for training in trade and tourism) of Brazil.

Jose Augusto Negreiros Aragao graduated as Fishing Engineer from the Federal University of Ceará. He started his professional career as a fisheries researcher on a Program for Fisheries Development (PDP) supported by FAO. He later moved to Japan as part of a training program promoted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency at the Far Seas Fisheries Research Laboratory FSFRL in Shimizu. In 1983 he took over the position of General Manager at a Shrimp Fishing and Processing Company in northern Brazil for two years and then returned to the PDP. He later became the Chief of the Research Division at the Brazilian Institute for Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (IBAMA). In 1987 he spent some time at the Council of Industrial Development in the Ministry of Industry and Trade as an advisor to the Executive Secretary. In 1993 he was nominated to the top job as Representative of IBAMA for the State of Ceará. During these years he continued to participate in research programs on the evaluation of lobster and shrimp stocks. During this time there was a first movement lead by artisanal fishermen to establish partnerships against predatory fishing which finally led to the first Lobster Management Plan elaborated in partnership with fisheries stakeholders in 1995.

Hopolang Phororo graduated as an Agricultural Economist from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States of America. She started her career in the Ministry of Agriculture, Cooperatives and Marketing as a Marketing Officer for livestock and livestock products. She then joined the Institute of Southern African Studies at the National University of Lesotho, where she did some research work on the production and marketing of products, such as vegetables and eggs. She worked briefly with UNDP in Lesotho as a National Program Officer and then joined the Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU). Hopolang is coordinating the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) node in Namibia. This regional network aims to enhance the capacity for policy formulation and analysis in the SADC region. Her research interests include the socio-economic aspects of livestock and crop production and the links between drought, HIV/AIDS and agriculture. She has undertaken consultancy work for international and national organizations.

Sjef van Eijs has a masters degree in human geography from the University of Nymegen in The Netherlands. He hs worked in most developing regions of the world, initially within the Fisheries Trade Information Network of the Food and Agricultural Organization (INFOPESCA and INFOFISH) as market expert. In this capacity he wrote a substantial number of articles in addition to the regular project publications. He was also instrumental in organizing the first worldwide conference of major fisheries commodities. This was followed by activities related to the assistance to the artesanal fishery sector in the Americas. His principal areas of interest include, among others, artesanal fishermens organizations, credit, and environmental education. He is currently involved in export activities of fishery products and also provides advisory services to organizations and private industry.

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