5th Meeting of the Seas

Tenerife | JULY 16^th - 19^th 2023

Conservation

In 2023, Tenerife became a world benchmark for territories making a stand for the future of seas and their ecosystems. This edition of the congress analysed the challenges involved in the conservation of the oceans in the wake of the UN's historical 'High Seas Treaty' for ocean protection.

Under the slogan "Conservation", in the dual sense of conservation of marine ecosystems and conservation of foodstuffs from the sea, Meeting of the Seas, in its most international edition, called for a greater commitment to the oceans.

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“Messages about ocean conservation haven't got through, and now we have to talk about regeneration"

Environmental activist Alexandra Cousteau, who took the 2023 Sartún Award, warns that we have reached the point of no return, and calls for a change of language to reverse all the damage caused to the seas over many years.

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“Preserving what we have left is not ambitious enough”

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Luigi Pomata: “If you aren't familiar with the produce and the tradition, you can't be a good chef"

Chef Luigi Pomata came from one island to another island, from Sardinia to Tenerife, to talk to the Meeting of the Seas congress about his favourite product, tuna, and cookery based on tradition and use of all sections of the fish.

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"Seaweed is the planet's most sustainable foodstuff"

Speakers

Marine Environmentalist

Alexandra Cousteau

Who embarked on a boat as a 4 month baby

Chef

Luigi Pomata

The red tuna chef

Economist

Ralph Chami

Blue economy

Chef

Lorna Muñoz

Coming to the rescue of Chiloé cuisine

Chef

Quique Dacosta

Mediterraneanly

Programa

From Tenerife - GMT Timezone

Popular event

Meeting of the Seas Market

Meeting of the Seas offers a popular event to enjoy the island's gastronomy.

Opening

Official inauguration

The congress combining science, gastronomy and fishing.

Presentation

Making use of marine biomass

Ángel León

Chef at Aponiente*** (Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, España)

Presentation

The new global framework for conservation of marine biodiversity

Carlos Duarte

Professor of Marine Sciences at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KAUST (Saudi Arabia)

Presentation

Hake in its habitat

Rui Paula

Chef at Casa da Chá da Boa Nova** (Leça da Palmeira, Portugal)

Round table

Fishing and management of excellence: the importance of communication between fishermen and chefs

Erlantz Gorostiza

Chef at M.B** The Ritz-Carlton Abama (Tenerife, Spain)

Andoni L. Aduriz

Chef at Mugaritz**, (Renteria, Gipuzkoa, Spain)

Adán Romero

Fisherman with the Ntra. Sra. de la Consolación Guild in Punta del Hidalgo (La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain)

Roberto Rodríguez Prieto

Manager of Artesáns da Pesca (La Coruña, Spain)

Presentation

The value of conserving marine biodiversity

Ralph Chami

Co-founder of Blue Green Future and Rebalance Earth (Maryland, USA)

Presentation

The life of a sea bass: conservation techniques to get the very best out of a fish

Cristóbal Muñoz y Guillermo Ortega

Chef and creativity director at Ambivium* (Peñafiel, Valladolid, Spain)

Presentation

Maritime Allegory

Quique Dacosta

Chef at Quique Dacosta Restaurant*** (Dénia, Valencian Community, Spain )

Presentation

Preservation and the ocean's genetic resources

Jesús Arrieta

Scientist at the Canary Islands' Oceanographic Centre IEO-CSIC (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain)

Round table

The blue growth route: in search of fishing sustainability through innovative models

Sonia Español-Jiménez

Executive Director of MERI Foundation (Chile and Spain)

Agustín Espinosa

TECHNICIAN OF THE LIVESTOCK AND FISHING SERVICE OF THE CABILDO INSULAR DE TENERIFE (Tenerife, Spain)

Pedro Sánchez

Head of sales and marketing at Aquanaria (Canary Islands)

Chema León

Marketing Manager at Makro Spain (Madrid, Spain)

Presentation

The sea on the plate

Nacho Manzano

Chef at Casa Marcial** (Arriondas, Parres, Asturias, Spain)

Presentation

The High Seas Biodiversity Treaty paves the way towards greater protection for oceans

Minna Epps

Head of the Ocean team at the UICN (Geneva, Switzerland)

Presentation

Chiloé Archipelago: traditional seaweed and shellfish harvesting and preservation techniques. The marine larder at the end of the world

Lorna Muñoz

Chef at Travesía (Castro, Chiloé, Chile)

Presentation

Sharing the sea: the coexistence of offshore wind energy and sustainable fisheries

Eline Van Onselen

Project manager on The Rich North Sea Programme (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Pablo Martín-Sosa Rodríguez

Researcher and coordinator of the Marine Protected Areas Group at the Oceanographic Centre (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain)

Víctor Díaz

President of the Candelaria Fishermen's guild and chairman of the Provincial Federation of fishermen's guilds of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife, Spain)