The Sultanate of Oman participates in Boston Seafood Show in USA

OCIPED in coordination with the Directorate General of Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Fisheries had organized Omani fish exporters’ participation at the International seafood show being held in Boston, USA from 15th March to 17th March 2009. Four Omani fish companies – Oman Fisheries co SAOG, Al Marsa Fisheries LLC, Al Bahihi fish Freezing company and Sea pride LLC participated in the show and had a very good response for all the products that were displayed such as Tuna, Tuna loins, Canned Tuna, Pre-Cooked Frozen Tuna Loins, Fish Meal and Fish Oil, lobsters, lobster tails, shrimps, groupers, sea breams and value added fish products.

The participants felt confident after having met many of the importers, distributors of fresh, frozen and value added seafood would result in substantial order generation by the end of the exhibition on 17th March 2009. Mr.Durin, CEO of Al Marsa Fisheries informed at the end of the first day of the exhibition that he is presently negotiating orders with 4 large buyers – one each from Netherlands, Denmark, France and USA. This shows that the Boston seafood show attracts buyers from all over the world. Other fish exhibitors are also negotiating with the buyers and hope to strike deals by the end of the exhibition.

The Omani exporters also had a fair exposure of the latest equipments, machineries and technology used for fish processing as well as different packing methods and marketing techniques. The Omani pavilion attracted as many as 250 visitors during day One as it has designed an attractive stand.

Mr.Musallam Salim Ahmed Rafeet Director of Ministry of Fisheries wealth in the Dhofar Region and the OCIPED official who are attending the show were confident that participation in the exhibition for the three consecutive years would augur well for the fish companies as they get an opportunity not only to meet international buyers but also get exposed to the various technologies adopted in the harvesting, production, quality control, packing and shipping of the fish and fish products from the Sultanate of Oman. The participants also visited other stands and learnt the display techniques being adopted to attract customers to their stand.