2010-01-12 Contributing to standard of living in Gambia

Michel Huijser has been coming to The Gambia since 1993, when his father was Honorary Consul for The Gambia. He worked in the shipping and transport industry until 2002, all the while staying in touch with The Gambia. Then in 2004 he came into contact with some fishermen there, one of whom was a South African, who convinced him of the tremendous need for financial support for fishing activities providing important export earnings for The Gambia and its population.

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2010-01-12 Dutch factory runs on canoes full of fish in Gambia

DEN HELDER – It takes some getting used to: the canoes going out to sea in The Gambia don’t look anything like Dutch cutters. Nonetheless, the canoes, which are 6 to 15 metres long, bring in 20 to 40 kilos of fish per day. That quantity is enough to be processed by The Atlantic Seafood Company (Tasc) of Dutchman Michel Huijser and to be exported to Europe. “It is a matter of staying the course, but eventually we’ll end up working at a profit.”

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2010-01-12 Falling down and picking yourself up and the way up

DORDRECHT – By falling down and picking himself up. That is how Dutchman Michel Huijser set up his fish export business in The Gambia. His Atlantic Seafood Company (Gambia) Ltd. now exports deep-frozen sole, cuttlefish and prawns to the European Union. “Only few fishermen fish as sustainably as the fishermen from The Gambia.”

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