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Namibia: Seafood Binge At Luederitz Lobster Festival
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The Namibian (Windhoek)
28 April 2008
Posted to the web 28 April 2008
Luqman Cloete
Luederitz
THE southern coastal town of Luederitz was a hive of activity over the weekend as hundreds of people from all corners of the country gathered for the inaugural Luederitz Crayfish Festival on Saturday.
"The huge number of people who attended the festival was beyond expectations," the CEO of the Luederitz Waterfront Company, Samuehl Fluksman, said.
"The festival was a great success.
I have enjoyed the variety of seafood, it was excellent," said one of the local residents, Berenice Galant.
"The festival will definitely boost the local economy," she added.
The aim of the festival was to showcase the town's economic potential to the outside world.
Fluksman said the festival should also be seen as an effort to create a new and modest economy for the harbour town, which is mainly dependent on tourism and fishing.
Next year's festival would be bigger and better, he pledged.
He said the festival gave an economic boost to local businesses as well informal sectors.
"All hotels and bed-and-breakfasts, which provide 600 rooms, were fully booked for about five days," he said.
During the festival one tonne of rock lobster, and large quantities of other seafood, were devoured, said Fluksman.
People were entertained with live music while fishermen demonstrated how they catch lobster.
The Ministry of Fisheries donated a quota of rock lobster as part of its contribution towards the festival.
Deputy Prime Minister Libertina Amathila, who did the honours on behalf of President Hifikepunye Pohamba, said the festival was a step in the right direction towards accelerating the town's socio-economic growth.
"This creative marketing strategy places Luederitz as a unique brand in Namibia, as our unofficial crayfish capital," she said.
Amathila urged other local authorities to identify opportunities of economic value in order to improve their people's lives.
"I urge both local authorities and regional councils to spend their time on meaningful and productive programmes, rather than unending inner conflicts and friction," she said.
"The internal conflicts and frictions between local authorities and regional councils only serve to disadvantage the communities that need development initiatives to be undertaken," she said.
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"Please refrain from unnecessary tensions and conflicts, and follow the good example of Luederitz," Amathila added.
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