MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

Falklands' fishing stand attracts record numbers.

FALKLANDS fishing companies are this week showcasing the ?new look' Falkland Islands Exhibition Stand at the Seafood Expo in Brussels, Belgium.

The new contemporary style stand is clearly working as on the first day of the show, the number of potential customers who visited the stand in just one day was well in excess of the total number of visitors to the stand throughout the three days of last year's show.

Representing the fishing companies at the show are Hamish Wylie, Stuart Wallace, Cheryl Roberts and Janet Robertson, and Connie Stevens from Falkland Islands Development Corporation, who all say they are delighted with the increased level of interest being shown in the Falklands products.

Hamish Wylie said, "....the new Exhibition stand projects a professional and contemporary image of the Falklands and has attracted considerable attention at this busy international Show. Undoubtedly the image we are now projecting has resulted in this increased number of visitors to our nation's stand."

Companies from across the globe have visited the Falkland Islands stand to make genuine enquiries about the species available.

Connie Stevens said yet more have called to suggest, "... the pressure needs to be kept fully on Maersk Sealand (who also visited the Falklands' stand) with a view to starting a regular containerised service between the Falklands and South America, to enable the Falkland Fishing companies to maximize the potential of their products by converting the enquiries from this Brussels Show into firm global sales."

The new Exhibition Stand has been purchased and sponsored jointly by FIDC and the principle Falklands Fishing companies.

Source: Penguin News