Aussie News - Issue 24 - March 2007
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Fishries: Western Australia & Mauritius
The recent visit of Don Nicholls, Project manager, WA Seafood Quality Management Initiative and Ms Kristy Saville, Fisheries Management Officer, Department of Fisheries, Western Australia provided a welcome boost to the implementation of the recently signed MOU between Western Australia and Mauritius. This visit took place from 13-19 January 2007 and involved conducting a workshop on Fish Handling, Processing and Marketing in Mauritius, as well as providing capacity building for the management of certain deep sea fisheries stocks with a range of industry and government stakeholders. Funding of this particular collaboration was provided by Food and Agricultural Organisation.