Fred Kingston

NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) is an international, intergovernmental fisheries science and management agency that manages fisheries in the international waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Fishing News International spoke to its new Executive Secretary Fred Kingston about the challenges that his job entails, not least the inclement weather of Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he is based

IF: What led you to the NAFO* executive secretary job?

Kingston: I was working with the EU delegation for the past 25 years in Ottawa where I was an economic policy advisor.

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