USAID to fund West African seafood at Boston show

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will fund five West African companies to exhibit a selection of their region's finest wild fish and seafood products at the 25th Annual International Boston Seafood Show (IBSS). The IBSS is dedicated to representing every type of seafood in every product form from every corner of the world and this year's event will be held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, March 12-14, 2006.

The companies include Somascir Frigo, Société d'Elaboration des Produits Halieutiques (SEPH) and Mauritano-Chinoise de Pêche (MCP) from Mauritania, Kerewan Fishing Co. from The Gambia and Sangomar Fishing Co. from Senegal. The 400-square foot booth will feature several varieties of fresh, frozen, dried and smoked fish, as well as shellfish. Products of special interest include spotted sea bass fillets, smoked barracuda, sole fillets, conch meat, tuna, frozen cuttlefish and octopus.

The West Africa Global Competitiveness Hub, a project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development to increase Africa's share of world trade, and the Africa Fast Track Trade program of the International Executive Service Corps, are sponsoring these exhibitors to participate at the Boston Seafood Show. The West Africa Hub is one of four Global Competitiveness Hubs operating in Africa with funding by the U.S. government.

The West African fish companies will be in location number 782 titled "West Africa Trade Hub" at the Boston Seafood Show. For more information on the West Africa Global Competitveness Hub, see www.watradehub.com or www.africatradehubs.org. To see West African fish at IBSS, please contact Kenneth Weiss at phone number 301-947-8150, or email at info@plansandsolutions.com.

The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.