The Forum is built long before it begins
The Bermeo Tuna Forum is not just a three-day event.
Since the first edition in 2023, we have continued to connect cities, institutions, businesses, scientific knowledge and regions around the challenges facing the global tuna industry.
In this Navigation Guide, we summarise that journey: what has happened, the ongoing discussions and the steps leading us to BTF2027.
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The first women of the sea
We celebrate International Women’s Day by remembering some of the pioneers in the study of oceans and marine species.
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“Whoever visits Bermeo, will realise why we’re the Tuna World Capital”
Izaskun Bilbao, the first woman to chair the Basque Parliament, is from a Bermeo fishing family. She has been a Member of the European Parliament in Brussels representing PNV since 2009 working on the Fisheries committee among others.
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This is how Basque tuna vessel sailors’ health is looked after
Telemedicine facilitates basic on board assistance for a dozen ships operating in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
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Helena Orella, new director of Bermeo Tuna Forum
Helena Orella Salinas, responsible for sustainable development of Bolton Food, partners of BTWC, is incorporated as director of the event.
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Tuna is the jewel in the crown of canned food exports
88% is exported to EU countries, followed by the USA, UK and Morocco.
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“The Bermeo tuna industries are working on sustainability in a cutting-edge and exemplary way”
Ignacio Serrats is the president of Bermeo Tuna World Capital (BTWC), the public-private alliance that seeks to involve all the key agents in the tuna value chain in Bermeo, the Basque Country and internationally, in sustainable tuna management as a natural resource.
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The most interesting facts about tuna: a very fast sustainable fish critical for the economy
Did you know tuna can swim up to 80 kmph? Did you know it ate other fish? Or that it can lay 100 million eggs a year? We’re going to tell you some of the most interesting facts about tuna.
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From the sea to the shop window or how to reuse the plastics that threaten marine life
Ever since plastics became part of our life making it easier and safer, recycling of the millions of objects and packagings manufactured with this material has become an increasing concern. Existing awareness of its detrimental effects on the environment has led authorities to limit the sale of bags in supermarkets or forbid the sale of…
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Funds for the fisheries and aquaculture sector focus on sustainability
The commitment to developing fishing and aquaculture methods, throughout the entire value chain, with a lower impact
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We’re still moving forward
BTF2027 builds on what was established in 2023 and moves towards a new edition in which we will once again bring together knowledge, experience and decision-making capacity.