PRESS RELEASE
MOA SIGNING and PRESSCON
May 11, 2015
Green Leaf, General Santos City
The PHILIPPINE SHRIMP Industry, Inc., and SARGEN Shrimp Stakeholders’ Association, Inc. will conduct the 10th National Shrimp Congress on November 11-13, 2015 at SM Trade Hall, General Santos City.
As sponsored by DA-BFAR Central Office, BFAR 12, DOST 12, SEAFDEC, CMO-LGU-GenSan, PGO-Sarangani, Congressional District of Sarangani, DTI 12, DOT12, The congress is highly anticipated to feature technology successes and new developments in the shrimp industry. The congress will also highlight on marketing and value adding opportunities with invited foreign resource persons us our speakers.
The Shrimp Congress promises to be another great exposure for all sponsor and exhibits, giving them the opportunity to access highly targeted and influential participants. This 3 –day congress will be attended by local and foreign experts and is estimated to draw more or less 600 industry leaders and practitioners engaged in grow-out farming hatchery operations, feed milling, processing/exporting and input supplies.
Shrimps are the gourmet food for the vast majority of the global market. Shrimps remain to be the most profitable and sought after crop in brackish water aquaculture in the tropical areas. The cultivation of Penaeus Monodon and penaeus Vannamei are necessary for the growth and development of the shrimp industry. It gives the Philippines the opportunity to follow promising paths that differ from its ASEAN neighbors. In the said Congress, it aims to maximize the shrimp culture for a modern globally competitive industry.
The key leaders of the Shrimp Congress are the following known personalities: Atty: J. Lorenzo S. Vergara, Marjun P. Villanueva, Mr. Roger Rivera, Councilor Brix “Lic-lic” Tan and the rest members of the National Shrimp Council who are present in the MOA Signing and Presscon in their in-coming preparation for the 10th National Congress will be held in Gensan on November 11-12, 2015. (By: ADLSNTV & adlsntv.blogspot.com)
