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Prince stresses aquaculture's vital global role 26 September, 2006 - THE importance of aquaculture for rural and developing economies was underlined today by Norway's Crown Prince. Speaking at AquaVision 2006 in Stavanger, Crown Prince Haakon said that aquaculture offers a means of providing people around the world with healthy nutritious food. He went on:" In addition, it flourishes where conditions are optimum and that tends to be in remote rural areas, where it brings employment and income. " In many developing countries, aquaculture is contributing significantly to the expansion of their economies. As the Food and Agriculture Organisation has observed, it is the only means by which the world of tomorrow can be provided with fish." The Crown Prince who was opening the AquaVision event in Stavanger, the sixth in a series of aquaculture business conferences, addressed a record attendance of more than 450 delegates from over 30 countries and representing all major and many emerging aquaculture regions around the world. And he also underlined that although man has cultured fish for over 3,000 years, in recent decades aquaculture has become a modern industry. In just 40 years, it has progressed from a secondary source of income to a major activity in many coastal communities. In Norway, for example, 40% of seafood exports are now from aquaculture. However, the Crown Prince also pointed out: "Aquaculture has some real challenges such as fish health, control of escapes and sustainability; not over exploiting the natural resources that it uses." Following his opening speech, Crown Prince Haakon stayed until mid-afternoon to listen to several presentations. These included one from the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries,Helga Pedersen, who focused in particular on food safety and the means of ensuring and documenting that fish from aquaculture is of the highest standards in safety, nutrition and eating quality.
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