The aim of the event is to acquaint diplomats accredited to Estonia with various regions of the country and with agricultural industries, its outlook and challenges.

First stop during the two days trip was in the company Fishoil in Paldiski. The factory is owned by three fishing cooperatives, which are also the factory’s main suppliers of raw materials, mainly Baltic sprat and herring. The factory produces annually some 6,000 tons of fishmeal and 3,000 tons of fish oil used for animal feed mixtures.

Taking the ferry to the islands of Muhu and Saaremaa, the delegation visited the Port of Mõntu. Here, the diplomats discussed not only the works of fishing vessels, but also possibilities of using the port to dock the ships servicing the planned wind parks in the Gulf of Riga or reopening of the ferry line between Saaremaa and Latvian city of Ventspils.

In the evening, the delegation had a dinner with the mayor Mikk Tuisk and vicemayor Liis Lepik.

The second day was devoted to the visit of Läätsa Fish Company a subsidiary of AS Hiiu Kalur. The mother company owns 13 trawlers that catch domestic sprat and Baltic herring in Estonian waters. Approximately 50,000 tons of fish are caught and processed each year, representing 10% of the total Baltic herring and sprat quota. The factory also processes shrimps caught by Estonian vessels as far as Greenland, Canada, and Iceland.

Diplomats finished the visit at Est-Agar, company harvesting and processing seaweed and producing unique texturant called furcellaran used in food industry but also in cosmetics.