Conference 2025

Morning Session 

8:00 – 9:00 | UN City Security check in and Registration  

8:00 – 9:00 | Welcome Tea  

9:00 – 9:10 | Welcome to UN-City  

• Eirik Bergesen, Host
• Anders Hjortlund, UN City Security 

09:10 – 09:40 | Official Conference Opening  

• Opening video  
• State Secretary Kristina Sigurdsdottir Hansen, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries (with responsibility for Fisheries and Ocean Policy), Norway
• Henrik Fredborg Larsen, Director, Nordic Representation Office, United Nations Development Programme 
• Unni Kløvstad, Head of Department, Nordic Council of Ministers  
• Sanya Compton, Programme Manager, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism  

09:40 – 09:50 | Blue Justice Secretariat Report  

• Gunnar Stølsvik, Policy Director, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway, Blue Justice Secretariat 

09:50 – 10:00 | Data and digital technology in addressing fisheries crime 

• Alexander Pedersen, Analyst, Blue Justice International Vessel Tracking Centre, Vardø, Norway
• Virun Lutchman, Environmental Crime Lead, Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS), Blue Justice Caribbean Hub

10.00 – 10.40 | Tea 

10.40 – 11:45 | Country Insights

Remarks by 

• Antonio Francisco Jaime, Head of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Inspection Service, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Angola
• Akpo Yao, Director, Directorate of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Benin
• H.E. Jorge Pedro Mauricio dos Santos, Minister of the Sea, Cabo Verde 
• Wynnona Joseph, Senior Fisheries Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Blue and Green Economy, Commonwealth of Dominica
• H.E. Emelia Arthur, Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Ghana
• Aminath Shafia, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources, Maldives 
• Cheikh Ahmedou Sidi, Head of the Mauritanian Maritime Affairs Agency (AMAM), Mauritania
• H.E. Arvin Boolell, Honourable Minister of Agro-Industry, Food Security, Blue Economy and Fisheries, Mauritius
• H.E. Noersalim Mike Mohamed Faizel, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Suriname (Digital Recording)
• H.E. Ahmed Hassan Aden, Minister of Fisheries and Blue Economy, Federal Government of Somalia (Digital Live)
• H.E. Floyd O’Brian Green, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Jamaica (Digital Live)

11:45 – 12.15 | Regional Cooperation: Discussion dialogue

• H.E. Floyd O’Brian Green, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Jamaica (Digital Live)
• Gavin Bellamy, CEO National Fisheries Authority, Jamaica, Blue Justice Caribbean Hub Secretariat, Jamaica (Digital Live)
• H.E. Jorge Pedro Mauricio dos Santos, Minister of the Sea, Cabo Verde 
• Araci I. Rocha, General Inspector of Fisheries, Ministry of the Sea, Cabo Verde
• Gunnar Stølsvik, Policy Director, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway, Blue Justice Secretariat 

12.15 – 12:30 | Official Photo 

12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch 

Afternoon Session: Deep Dives 

13:30 – 14:30 | Human Trafficking in Fisheries: International Labour Organization (ILO)

• Francesca Francavilla, Senior Economist in Fundamentals, ILO
• Nawawi, Head of the Population Research Centre, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia.
• Rizky Oktaviana, Coordinator of the Maritime Department, The Union of Indonesian Migrant Workers (SBMI)
• Gunnar Stølsvik, Policy Director, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway, Blue Justice Secretariat
• Per Andreas Windingstad Larsen, Head of Section for Oceans, Department for Climate, The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)

14:30 – 15:05 | Value Chain Fisheries Crime: Blue Justice Nordic

• Sølvi Åmo Albrigtsen, project manager, Blue Justice Nordic
• Kenneth Rastad, Head of Trade Control Department, Norwegian Customs
• Karianne Moen, Head of Section of Crime Prevention, Directorate of Fisheries Norway
• Barbara Busic, Senior Adviser/Analyst, Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim)
• Claus Wille, Chief fisheries inspector, Danish Agricultural and Fisheries Agency

15.05 – 15:30 | Tea

15:30 – 16:00 | Space4Ocean and Blue Justice Dialogue

• Christian Hauglie-Hanssen, Director General, Norwegian Space Agency  
• Madin Mohamed Maseeh, President, Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO)

16:00– 16.45 | Premier of Blue Justice short film: Taking Back Our Oceans

Evening Session 

17:00 – 19:00 | Dinner 

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