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Bermeo provides the backdrop for signing the Global Tuna Cities Sustainability Alliance
Bermeo provided the backdrop for the official signing of the Global Tuna Cities Sustainability Alliance, within the framework of the Bermeo Tuna Forum. It is a framework for collaboration between towns where this protein forms a fundamental part of its economy
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Bermeo seals its commitment to tuna cities, in pictures
Today was a historic meeting in Bermeo where the Tuna Cities Alliance was sealed within the framework of the Bermeo Tuna Forum. A day in which representatives of the cities of Manta (Ecuador), Victoria (Seychelles), Pago Pago (American Samoa), Concarneau (France), General Santos (Philippines) and Bermeo (Bizkaia) enjoyed a ‘twinning’ that ended with a symbolic…
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Bermeo Tuna Forum, the 2nd of May in pictures
Representatives of institutions, companies, social agents, as well as international chefs and individuals interested in the future of the sea, fishing and food met at the Euskalduna Palace as part of the Bermeo Tuna Forum. Almost 300 people attended some of the presentations and round tables organised throughout the day. Not forgetting the reception held…
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Bermeo Tuna Forum is leading the way towards sustainable management of tuna fishing
The Euskalduna Conference Centre in Bilbao hosted the first Bermeo Tuna Forum (BTF) event, an international meeting that brought together institutions, scientific organisations and representatives from the fishing industry to commit to tuna sustainability
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Discover some of the main problems threatening the oceans
According to the UN, oceans produce approximately 50% of the planet’s oxygen and house an important amount of the earth’s biodiversity. Likewise, they represent the main source of protein for over a thousand million people. This life force is under threat from multiple factors, and if actions are not taken now, they may degrade it…
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85% of global tuna catches come from ‘healthy resources’
The latest annual study by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) reveals that in 2022, 4% of the world’s tuna catch will come from medium stocks, and 11% will come from overfished stocks.
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The 6 cities twinned with Bermeo because of tuna
Manta, Victoria, Concarneau, Pago Pago, Majuro and General Santos join the Basque town in the World Tuna Cities Alliance, a major step towards achieving this framework of collaboration between local governments to guarantee the sustainability of this resource.
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«This event is yet another step forward to internationalising the good name of Bermeo and its sector»
Aritz Abaroa, mayor of Bermeo, explains how this event should help people to really understand what it means to be the tuna capital of the world.
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International co-operation, key to the future of the fishing sector
The tuna RFMOs (Regional Fishery Management Organisations) and sector situation concentrated the first panel of the session on tuna freezers
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«Bermeo wants to lead the battle for tuna sustainability»
The president of Bermeo Tuna World Capital and the mayor of the coastal village submitted Bermeo Tuna Forum’s goals