Bali to host regional maritime forum

Bali to host regional maritime forum

DENPASAR, Bali: Some 300 delegates from 35 Asia-Pacific
countries are to take part in an international conference on
maritime affairs and fisheries, which will be held here from
April 19 to April 24, a local official said on Saturday.

Eleven regional and international institutions will also
attend the six-day event, Bali fisheries office head Ida Bagus
Wisnawa Manuba said.

Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Rokhmin Dahuri is
to open the Conference for the Establishment of Western and
Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.

Wisnawa said delegates to the international conference will
form an intercountry cooperation to conserve and maximize
resources in the fishery sector.

He expressed a hope that the conference would pave the way for
an increase in the earnings of fishermen and coastal people. --
Antara