EMS, Social Welfare, Consumer Education Dominate Market Roundtable Discussions

摘要

Twenty-five speakers, five roundtables, two days. Many of the world's leading seafood retailers, foodservice operators and suppliers descended on Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to participate in GOAL 2014's market roundtables, a fixture of the Global Aquaculture Alliance's GOAL conference.As in years past, Peter Redmond, vice president of market development for GAA's Best Aquaculture Practices division, moderated the roundtables on the final two days of GOAL 2014.The panelists weighed in on almost every topic broached at GOAL 2014, particularly early mortality syndrome (EMS) in shrimp, social responsibility, smallholder engagement, consumer education and China's influence on the production and marketing of seafood.