Seafood Summit 2008
Global Challenges, Local Solutions
Barcelona, Spain
January 27 - 30, 2008
From January 27-30, Seafood Choices Alliance's Seafood Summit 2008 "Global Challenges, Local Solutions" brought together over 350 representatives from 35 countries attended the three-day conference, making it the most diverse and well-attended Summit ever.
While many trade shows offer companies networking opportunities to showcase their products and services, Seafood Summit is the only venue that connects large and small companies from a diverse array of industries with leaders from the conservation community to bridge the gap between the latest science and the reality of the seafood marketplace.
This page and related links will provide you with much of the information from Seafood Summit 2008, including presentations and program information. For further questions, please email SeafoodSummit (at) seafoodchoices (dot) org.
Programme (Download as PDF)
Speaker Presentations
Available presentations are linked directly to the speaker's name, and are listed by date and session title. Please click on the name to download a .pdf of the PowerPoint slides or talking points used during their presentation. Only presentations with express permission to be posted on this site are available for download. All presentations are in English unless otherwise noted.
Sunday, January 27
- Organic Farmed Fish in Europe and North America.
- Protecting the Ocean that Feeds Us: How CO2 pollution threatens the seafood industry, and what we can do about it.
- Brad Warren (National Fisheries Conservation Center & Sustainable Fisheries Partnership)
- John Guinotte (Marine Conservation Biology Institute)
- Seafood Traceability: An essential element in sustainability.
- Effecting seafood sustainability: What do European decision-makers, consumers and industry need to know?
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Monday, January 28
- Seafood Summit Welcome Address & Keynote Speakers
- Mike Boots, Director, Seafood Choices Alliance
- Dr. Callum Roberts, Professor, University ofo York, United Kingdom & SeaWeb Board Member
- Mr. Christian Rambaud, Head of Unit, Common Organisation of Markets & Trade, European Commission
- Honourable Mr. Joaquim Llena, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Action, Government of Catalonia
- Engaging with Problem Fisheries: How can retailers and processors help “red list” fisheries become sustainable?
- Beginner’s Guide to Credible Eco-labelling
- The Lira-Carnota Initiative: Galician fishermen switching to sustainability
- Talking to the Consumer: How well do we communicate seafood sustainability issues to the end user of the product?
- Dr. John Harman (Sea Fish Industry Authority) - moderator
- CJ Jackson (Billingsgate Fish Market)
- Melanie Sachdeva (Sainsbury's)
- Mark Ventress (Young's Seafood)
- Mediterranean and East Atlantic Bluefin Tuna: Current situation in relation to the state of the stock, management of the fishery, trade and consumption.
- Dr. Sergi Tudela (WWF Mediterranean) - moderator
- Dr. Ted Bestor (Harvard University)
- Dr. Alain Fontenaeu (Institut de Recherches pour le
Développement)
- Dr. Makoto Miyake (PhD Fisheries Biology)
- Global Aquaculture Performance Index (GAPI) -A standardised approach to sustainable aquaculture analysis.
- Dr. John Volpe and Jennifer Gee (School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria)
Note from authors: We wish to emphasize that the purpose of this presentation is to present GAPI as a proposed analytical framework that could be applied across scales, from global to individual farm. We present a putative framework to assess data - not the data itself. During the next stage we will pursue the best data available to construct a verifiable, defendable
tool. At this point the input data, data sources and targets are presented only as exemplars (restricted to the ecological dimension only) in order to facilitate the examination of the analytical framework and should not be interpreted as research results
- Feed the World: Does a global sustainable seafood movement help or hinder developing countries?
- Closing Ports to IUU-Caught Fish
- Gerry Leape (Pew Environment Group) - moderator
- Adriana Fabra (Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition)
- Javier Garat (International Coalition of Fisheries Associations)
- Sari Tolvanen (Greenpeace International)
- FishSource: Helping bridge the information gap in sustainable seafood sourcing policies.
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Tuesday, January 29
- Retailers Define “Sustainable” Seafood: A look at the internal seafood sourcing guidelines of U.S. and European food retailers.
- Helene York (Bon Appétit Management Company Foundation) - moderator
- Carrie Brownstein (Whole Foods Markets)
- Aldin Hilbrands (Royal Ahold - Corporate Center)
- Quality and Traceability: Issues for the artisanal fishing sector in West Africa
- Béatrice Gorez (Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements) - moderator
- Gaossou Gueye (National Confederation of Senegalese Artisanal Fishing Sector Organisations)
- El Hadj Issiaga Daffe (National Union of Artisanal Fishermen in Guinea)
- Sid’ahmed Ould Abeid (Mauritanian Artisanal Fishing Sector Organisation)
- Web 2.0 and New Tools for Communicating About Sustainable Seafood
- Eric Rardin (Care2.com) - moderator
- Dane Klinger (Blue Ocean Institute)
- Sheila Bowman (Monterey Bay Aquarium)
- Empowering the Gatekeepers: Chefs, fishers and conservationists unite for seafood sustainability.
- Managing Responsible Aquaculture Assurance: The challenges of standards and certification.
- Great Expectations: How Wal-Mart's seafood commitment has been a catalyst for change.
- Food Miles: The next big sustainability issue or a fundamentally flawed concept?
- Dr. George Leonard (Ocean Conservancy) - moderator
- Peter Hajipieris (Tesco Stores, Ltd.)
- Mathew Parr (World Conservation Union)
- Hugh Raven (Soil Association Scotland)
- Dr. Peter Tyedmers (Dalhousie University)
- Collective Fisheries Management: The experience of Mediterranean fishers (Prud’homies) and the Langoustine Fishermen from The Bay of Biscay
- Friend of the Sea – Certification and promotion of sustainable fisheries
- Plenary Session: Global Trends in Seafood and Sustainability
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Wednesday, January 30
- Small Scale and Artisanal Fishing: Key actors of the responsible management of fisheries
- Bruno Correard (Responsible Fishing Alliance) - moderator
- Pedro Avendano (World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers)
- Arthur Bogason (World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers & NASBO)
- Margaret Nakato (World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers & Katosi Woman Development)
- François Poulin (World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers)
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