Jørgen J Lund, who has been head of the NASF since it was established in 2004, has accepted an offer to take over the event and continue to run it.

First staged in 2005, this conference has developed over the past five years into an important meeting place for players in the North Atlantic seafood sector. It has been dubbed the "Davos summit" of this industry.

Mr Lund has been employed by us since 2005 as the director for the NASF, and for the Scan-Ref/Nerec conference since 2007.

During this period, he and his team have developed two major international conferences and world-class meeting places. Mr Lund has displayed great commitment and energy in achieving this.

With his many good contacts in the fishing and seafood industry, we are confident that Mr Lund will succeed in implementing the NASF to the same high standard as before, and in developing the conference so that the seafood industry can continue to assembly in this high-quality arena.

Our thanks go to Mr Lund for the commitment he has displayed during his time with us, and we wish him every success with further NASF events.

Mr Lund has become a partner with Norscan-Partners AS, a professional business development group which brings together a number of well-known Norwegian business leaders. See www.norscan-partners.no for further information.

NASF 2011 will be staged from 2-3 March. The programme and framework for this event are already in preparation.