Conferencia internacional ARVI | Conferencia internacional ARVI sobre el futuro de la pesca

Introduction

The Cooperative of Fishing Shipowners of the Port of Vigo is organising the X edition of the “ARVI International Conference on the Future of Fisheries”, with the title: “The Biodiversity Strategy and the Decarbonization of the EU Fishing Fleet”, which will be held on June 26th (afternoon) and 27th (morning), 2023, in person, in the facilities that this entity has located in the Fishing Port of Vigo (Spain), “Ramiro Gordejuela” building, as well as virtually.

The first day’s panel will focus on “The EU Biodiversity Strategy: Impact on the future food sovereignty of fisheries“. In the morning of the following day, the interventions will revolve around the “Decarbonization of the fisheries sector: What energy transition strategy is it possible for EU fisheries?”

This X edition has a very special significance, given that it marks 10 years of conferences through which ARVI has been defending the future of the fisheries sector and raising questions about innovation and safeguarding of one of the most important economic, social and environmental sectors for the Vigo, Galician and Spanish industry since the beginning of its history.

Programme

Monday, 26th June

3:30 p.m. REGISTRATION OF ASSISTANTS

4:00 p.m. OPENING CEREMONY

Mr. Abel Caballero Álvarez

Mayor of Vigo

Mr. Carlos Botana Lagarón

Presidency of the Port Authority of Vigo

Mr. F. Javier Touza Touza

President of ARVI

Panel 1

“The EU Biodiversity Strategy: Impact on the future food sovereignty of fisheries”

Moderator: Mr. Edelmiro Ulloa Alonso.

ARVI Managing Director

4:30 p.m. “EU preparedness for food supply and food security”

Mr. Fabien Santini

Deputy Head of Unit – Governance of the agri-food markets, DG Agriculture and rural development, European Commission

4:50 p.m. “Securing future supply through appropriate fisheries policies”

Mrs. Elena Consuegra Alcalde

Advisor in the Support Unit of the Directorate General for Sustainable Fisheries. Secretariat-General for Fisheries. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

5:10 p.m. “Galician fishing as a guarantor of territorial structuring and food”

Mrs. Marta Villaverde Acuña

Deputy Director General of Valorization of Seafood, of the Council of the Sea of Xunta de Galicia

5:30 p.m. COFFEE BREAK

5:50 p.m. “EU Action Plan: Grounds for Inapplicability”

Mr. Iván M. López Van der Veen

President of the European Bottom Fisheries Alliance (EBFA) and of AGARBA

6:10 p.m. “Impacts of the Biodiversity Strategy on community fishing production, beyond the action plan”

Mr. Daniel Voces de Onaíndi

Managing Director of Europêche

6:30 p.m. Round table and debate with the attendees

Mr. Fabien Santini

Mrs. Elena Consuegra

Mrs. Marta Villaverde

Mr. Iván López

Mr. Daniel Voces

7:15 p.m. END OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE

Tuesday, 27th June

8:45 a.m. ATTENDEE REGISTRATION

9:15 a.m. PRESENTATION OF THE SECOND DAY OF THE CONFERENCE

Mr. Edelmiro Ulloa Alonso

Managing Director of ARVI

Panel 2

“The decarbonization of the fishing sector: what energy transition strategy is possible for community fishing?”

Moderator: Mr. Jorge Romón Olea

ARVI R+D+i Department Manager

9:25 a.m. “EU approach to the decarbonization of the fishing industry“

Mr. Ángel A. Calvo Santos

Deputy Head of Unit, Economic Analysis, Markets and Impact Assessment. DG MARE. European Commission

9:50 a.m. “The Spanish EMFAF as a lever in fisheries decarbonization policies”

Mr. Francisco de Borja Carmona Castaño

Area Coordinator. SG for Competitiveness and Social Affairs. Secretariat General for Fisheries. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

10:15 a.m. “What energy transition model can be applied to the Galician fleet?”

Mr. Antonio Basanta Fernández

Director General of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Technological Innovation. Council for the Sea of Xunta de Galicia. Regional Government

10:40 a.m. COFFEE BREAK

11:10 a.m. “The current technological reality of alternative fuels: Possibility of application in the decarbonization of the fishing fleet“

Mr. Santiago Martín García

General Director of ARMON Shipyards Vigo

11:35 a.m. “What would it take to achieve decarbonization of the EU fishing fleet?”

Mr. Javier Garat Pérez

Secretary General of Cepesca, President of PESCA ESPAÑA, Europêche and ICFA. Speaker at the European Economic and Social Committee on “Decarbonization of the fishing fleet”

12:00 p.m. “The reality for shipowners in the attempt of the energy transition: From words to deeds“

Mr. F. Javier Touza Touza

President of ARVI

12:25 p.m. Round table and debate with attendees

Mr. Ángel A. Calvo

Mr. Francisco de B. Carmona

Mr. Antonio Basanta

Mr. Santiago Martín

Mr. Javier Garat

Mr. Javier Touza

Mr. Manuel Liria

1:30 p.m. CLOSURE OF THE CONFERENCE

Mr. Alfonso Villares Bermúdez

Counselor for the Sea of Xunta de Galicia. Regional Government

1:45 p.m. TASTING OF GALICIAN FISHERY PRODUCTS

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Speakers

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FRANCISCO DE BORJA CARMONA CASTAÑO

As Area Coordinator of the SG for Competitiveness and Social Affairs, in the field of FEMPA 2021-2027 he has participated in the elaboration of the National Operational Programme, in the selection criteria, in the strategic environmental assessment and in other necessary documentation related to the aforementioned Programme.

ANTONIO BASANTA FERNÁNDEZ

Graduate in Political Science and Administration from the University of Santiago de Compostela, with a major in Public Administration and holding a Master’s degree in Fisheries Economics from the USC, he is currently Director General of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Technological Innovation of the Council for the Sea of Xunta de Galicia, Regional Government.

MARTA VILLAVERDE ACUÑA

Graduate in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Santiago de Compostela, she has carried out management and planning tasks in food hygiene, food safety, traceability and marketing in different departments of the Xunta de Galicia. She is currently Deputy Director General for the Valorisation of Seafood , of the Council of the Sea of Xunta de Galicia.

ÁNGEL A. CALVO SANTOS

Graduate in Marine Sciences (2001), in Economics (2003) and Master in Economics of Natural Resources from the University of Vigo (2006), he is Deputy Head of Unit in the Economic Analysis, Markets and Impact Assessment Unit of DG Mare of the EC.

FABIEN SANTINI

He is the deputy Head of Unit at the Governance of the agri-food markets in DG Agriculture and rural development (European Commission). He is also the Secretariat of the expert group on the European Food Security Crisis preparedness and response Mechanism (EFSCM)

ELENA CONSUEGRA ALCALDE

A graduate in Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid, she is currently a member of the advisory board of the Directorate General for Sustainable Fisheries of the General Secretariat for Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

F. JAVIER TOUZA TOUZA

Graduated in Law from ICADE, he is president of the Golden Group and CEO of Chymar, S.A. He is President of ARVI, ACEMIX, CLUPESCA, FUNDAMAR and Vice president of UNACOMAR.

J. MANUEL LIRIA FRANCH

Graduate in Naval Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, he is President of Feope, Cepesca and the OPP-3.

JAVIER GARAT PÉREZ

Law and Community Law graduate from the Complutense University of Madrid he holds a master’s in international and European Law from the University of Leuven and currently he is Secretary General of Cepesca as well as President of PESCA ESPAÑA, Europêche and ICFA.

IVÁN M. LÓPEZ VAN DER VEEN

Graduate in International Relations from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, he is currently Managing Director of Pesquera Áncora and President of AGARBA, EBFA, LDAC as well as Vice president of OPP3 and a member of the board of ARVI.

DANIEL VOCES DE ONAÍNDI

Graduate in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela, he holds a master’s degree in European Studies and a postgraduate degree in International Maritime Transport. Since 2016 he has been the Managing Director of Europêche.

SANTIAGO MARTÍN GARCÍA

Naval Engineer by the Polytechnic University of Madrid and master’s degree in international Trade by the Ingafor Business School, he is Managing Director of Shipyards Armon Vigo and Shipyards Ría de Vigo.

EDELMIRO ULLOA ALONSO

Graduate in Veterinary Medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid and majoring in Bromatology, he began working at ARVI in 1988, where he has held the position of Managing Director since 2021.

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JORGE ROMÓN OLEA

Graduate in Business Sciences and Social Affairs from the University of Santiago de Compostela, he is responsible for the ARVI’s R&D&i grants and project management department since 1997. In 2023 he was appointed President of PTEPA.