ANFACO-CECOPESCA as canning industry association and seafood processors, to meet the global tuna industry at the Fourth Conference on 14 and 15 September 2009.

It is confirmed the attendance of senior executives who are leading the global tuna industry in countries like Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Thailand, USA, Ecuador, Mexico, Philippines, Malaysia, Seychelles, Mauritius, Taiwan and South Korea.

The Conference will be held under the slogan “For the sustainability of tuna” and is included in the Schedule of Acts of the World Fishing Exhibition’09.

EUROTHON, an organization comprised of the Community tuna industry will meet for the Conference in order to analyze the current situation and future prospects of the tuna industry.

Coinciding with the Conference will be held the first Philatelic Exhibition of canned fish and seafood.

ANFACO will attract the attention of the global tuna industry at its headquarters to celebrate the Fourth World Conference of Tuna ‘Vigo 2009′, on 14 and 15 September 2009, which is included in the Schedule of Acts of the World Fishing Exhibition ‘ 09.

Thus, it aims to provide companies worldwide leaders in the field of industrial processing and canning seafood, tuna fleet, marketers of tuna and its auxiliary industries, a real meeting place in which to develop various forums of discussion and debate about those issues that arouse the interest of a product is as important as the tuna.

Attend the conference representatives of tuna firms based in such important countries in the world of tuna such as Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Belgium, Greece, England, Switzerland, Thailand, USA, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Philippines, Malaysia , Seychelles, Mauritius, Ghana, India, Taiwan or Korea … among other countries, aiming to bring together in Vigo during those two days at the most important companies on the tuna catch, production and marketing canning tuna.

This will have a broad range of outstanding speakers including:

• D. Luis Molledo, Trade and Market Policy, DG Mare, EU.
• D. Angel Calvo Santos, Economic Analyst, DG Mare, EU.
• D. Grimur Valdimarsson, Director of Fisheries, FAO.
• D ª. Sandra Gallina, DG Trade, EU.
• D ª. Rosario Rubio, SG. Food Products Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade.
• D ª. Carmen Luz Guarda, Director of Market and Access Division of the WTO.
• D. Ignacio LACHAGA, President of Albacore, SA
• D. Yvon Riva, President of Orthongel.
• D. William A. Campos, Director of the IATTC-CIAT.
• D. Adolfo Valsecchi, CEO, Brands MW, France.
• D. Peter Trutanich, CEO of Tri-Marine SA in Panama.
• D. Manuel Calvo García-Benavides, CEO of Grupo Calvo
• D. Rafael Trujillo, Executive Director of the National Chamber of Fisheries of Ecuador.
• D. Haji Zaini Binyamin annua, Executive Director of Malaysia International Tuna Port Sdn.
• D ª. Susan Jackson, President of the ISSF.
• D. Ricardo Herrera, President of Tecopesca, Ecuador.
• D. Chanintr Chalisarapong, Director of Sea Value Co. Ltd. Thailand.
• D. Kuruvilla Thomas, Director of Marketing, MPEDA, India.
• D. Juan Luis Alonso Escurís, Director of Operations-Rianxeira Jealsa, SA
• D. Juan Corrales Garavilla, CEO of Canned Garavilla, SA
• Dr. Duarte Parente, Director of the Coface Group.
• D. David Schapira, Director of Marketing and Business Development, Bolton Alimentari SpA
• D. Pierre Commere, Secretary General of ADEPALE, France.

The presence of representatives of all these countries means that countries whose production plus 90% of world production of canned tuna are present during the conclusion of the conference.

Currently, tuna is a product of great importance in the industrial sector of seafood processors worldwide, making sense of an unavoidable tuna fleet. It is also worth to note that tuna accounts for about 60% of the production of canned seafood in our country.

Spain, together with the Southeast Asian countries, led by Thailand, and USA are the main countries that lead the world production of canned tuna, a species that is also dynamically diversify into other higher value added products developed and marketed by part of the processing industry.

These data in themselves explain the importance of gathering in ANFACO leading representatives of the canning, processing and marketing of tuna and tuna fleet at Community level.

The conference has the support of companies and administrations HERMASA, Consellería do Mar, CAIXANOVA, Tecnofish, Diputación de Pontevedra, the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs, IGAPE, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism and the City de Vigo.

It outlines support for the dissemination of the conference by leading industry associations seafood processing internationally as INTERATUN, EUROTHON, AIPCE-CEP, Conservation Foundation Cluster Seafood, ACOMAREX, ADEPALE-France , OPAGAC, ANABAC-OPTUC, CEIPA-Ecuador, ANCIT-Italy-Portugal ANICP, National Board of Fisheries, Ecuador, World Tuna Purse Seine Organization-WTPO, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, IATTC.

The main presentations to be held during the Fourth World Conference Tuna address the following topics:

• The tuna industry at the transnational and Community: An overview of the chain (fleet, processing and marketing).
• The global tuna industry: Overview of FAO.
• Bilateral and multilateral negotiations of the EU: Implications for the tuna industry.
• Tuna fishing worldwide: Supplies to industry. Current status and future prospects of the appeal and prices.
• Analysis of the tuna market situation worldwide.
• The tuna company in the global market. Current status and future options in the market for tuna in the Indian Ocean.
• The tuna company in the global market. Current status and future options tuna market in America.
• The tuna company in the global market. Current status and future options tuna market in Asia.
• Current status and future market for canned tuna and its brands in the EU.

Exhibition of Machinery and Auxiliary Enterprises

Alongside the conference will take place, an Exhibition of Machinery and Auxiliary Enterprises in which companies will be present machinery sector, apart from several industry suppliers, such as packaging manufacturers, suppliers of raw materials, utilities … between others.

This conference falls within the scope of the Forum Conservation International Fishery Products Galicia “, created by ANFACO in 1995 and since then has been organizing an annual basis, several conferences to discuss the present and future processing industry of fishery products and aquaculture, as well as the various problems and incidents that the processing and marketing of these products presents internationally. In this sense, for the organization of these forums always collects the participation of top executives of companies that lead the industry worldwide, which helps to ensure that the result of the data is very satisfactory for reaching the global dimension their conclusions.

Meeting EUROTHON

Community tuna industry will meet during the Conference with the aim of analyzing the current situation and future prospects of the tuna industry in the area of negotiations that are underway in the WTO, the liberalization of world trade, which directly affects a key product for the sector such as canned tuna.

First philatelic exhibition on canned seafood coincide with the Fourth World Conference will take place the first Tuna Philatelic Exhibition of canned fish and seafood.

ANFACO-CECOPESCA and Conservation Foundation Cluster Seafood Association in collaboration with the Philatelic-Numismatic Philatelic Cangas organizing the display under the title “canned foods: from the Salting to Keep.”

The exhibition will tour the history of food preservation, including the following topics:

* The conservation of food in antiquity.
* Types of packaging used.
* Food in the different sea routes.
* Significant people in research premises.
* Types of fish that are retained.
* Types of boats and fishing grounds.
* Official Bodies.
* Cannery.
* Production facilities, fish and frozen.

During the World Fishing Exhibition to be held in Vigo from 16 to 19 September, ANFACO-CECOPESCA shall, in its stand from this sample Philatelic to bring the same to the visitors of this major world fair fishing.