III Global
Sustainable Seafood Galicia Forum
Measuring
Sustainability
Vigo
May 28
2025
Sede Afundación Vigo
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Join the Global Dialogue on Sustainability
A forum in Galicia dedicated to bringing the sustainability debate to the heart of fishing, aquaculture, and seafood processing industries.
Measuring sustainability
Identifying key factors.
Speakers
Attendees
Sessions
Learn from the best
Knowledge, leadership, and inspiration
Emma
Heslop
Programme Specialist – Global Ocean Observing System
IOC-UNESCO
Alma
Román
Pamela
Nath
Director of Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP)
Mike
Kraft
Executive Director FISH Standard For Crew and Certified Seafood International (CSI)
Øyvind
Ihle
Garazi
Rodríguez Valle
Head of Production and Marketing Plans at APROMAR
Luis
García Castro
Sustainability Director at CONXEMAR
María
Martínez Herrera
Director of Sustainability ASEDAS
Raquel
Arribas
Director of Institutional Relations at Kantar Worldpanel
Nuno
Cosme
Chief Sustainability & CSR Officer Nueva Pescanova Group
Damián
Martínez
Head of Sustainability Projects AECOC
Bhakti
Anand
Consultant at the Sustainable Trade and Value Chains unit NFI/FAO
Íñigo
Azqueta
Sector Area Coordinator at ANFACO-CECOPESCA
Elena
Ojea
Oportunius program research professor at CIM-Universidade de Vigo
Fran
Saborido Rey
Professor and researcher at the Marine Research Institute-CSIC
Madlen
Sobkowiak
Director of the MSc in Global & Sustainable Business at EDHEC Business School
Rosa
Chapela
Managing Director CETMAR
Bjarni
Herrera
CEO & Founder Accrona, Sustainable Finance Expert
Shashwat
Koirala
Lead of the OECD’s Sustainable Ocean for All programme
María
García Cabeza
Manager of Social Responsibility and Sustainability at ABANCA
Antonio
Basanta
Policy Assistant at the Office of the Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans of the European Commission
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OPENING · May 28
08.20 am – Registration
09.15 am – Institutional welcome
SESSION I · Measuring sustainability
09.45 am – State of Ocean Report 2024 UNESCO. Emma Heslop, Physical oceanographer at IOC-UNESCO.
SESSION II · Measuring sustainability: The vision of NGOs
10.15 am – Aquaculture certification schemes. Alma Román, Head of ASC Spain and Portugal.
10.23 am – Certified brands. Pamela Nath, Director of Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP).
10.31 am – Fishery certification schemes. Mike Kraft, Executive Director FISH Standard For Crew and Certified Seafood International (CSI).
10.40 am – Round Table. Moderator: Oyvind Ihle, CEO GSSI.
SESSION III · Measuring sustainability: The vision of the value chain
11.45 am – Aquaculture. Garazi Rodriguez, Head of Production and Marketing Plans at APROMAR.
11.53 am – Fishing and transformation. Luis García, Director of Sustainability at CONXEMAR.
12.01 am – Commercial distribution. María Martínez Herrera, Director of Sustainability ASEDAS.
12.09 pm – Consumers. Raquel Arribas, Director of Institutional Relations at Kantar Worldpanel.
12.18 pm – Round table. Moderator: Nuno Cosme, Chief Sustainability & CSR Officer Nueva Pescanova Group
SESSION IV · Measuring sustainability: The vision of the institutions
12.55 pm – European regulation. Damián Martínez, Head of Sustainability Projects AECOC.
1.05 pm – Regulations in other markets. Bhakti Annand, Consultant at the Sustainable Trade and Value Chains unit NFI/FAO.
13.14 pm – Round Table. Moderator: Íñigo Azqueta, ANFACO-CECOPESCA Sector Coordinator.
SESSION V · Measuring sustainability: The vision of science
3.30 pm – International research groups. Elena Ojea, Oportunius program research professor at CIM-Universidade de Vigo.
3.38 pm – Galician research ecosystem. Fran Saborido, Professor and researcher at the Marine Research Institute-CSIC.
3.46 pm – Sustainability accounting. Madlen Sobkowiak, Director MSc in Global & Sustainable Business at EDHEC.
3.54 pm – Mesa redonda. Moderator: Rosa Chapela, Managing Director CETMAR.
SESSION VI · Measuring sustainability: The financial vision
4.30 pm – Bjarni Herrera, CEO & Founder Accrona; Sustainable Finance Expert.
4.40 pm – Shashwat Koirala, Lead of the OECD’s Sustainable Ocean for All programme.
5.50 pm – Round Table. Moderator: María G. Cabeza, Social Resp. and Sustainability Manager ABANCA.
SESSION VII · A vision from Europe
5.20 pm – Antonio Basanta, Policy Assistant at the Office of the Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans of the European Commission.
Closing session
5.50 pm – Conclusions. Ángel Matamoro, CoDirector GSSG Forum.
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Experiences and impressions
Past participants
Friðrik Friðriksson
General Counsel BRIM
“In 2024, I had the great honor of talking about Blue financing and our practical experience at Brim. The GSSG forum really understood that the finance market has developed a good understanding of fishing operations and were much more patient in their investments today, than a decade ago. Good collaboration between key players in this field, builds up trust and with it commitment to long term sustainable financing framework.”
José Basilio Otero
Chairman National Federation of Fishermenʼs Guilds
“The need to establish synergies and the real possibility of finding solutions shaped the development of the GSSG 2024 Forum, which I was able to participate in. We go faster alone, but together we go further.”
Dave Robb
“It was an honour to join the GSSG 2024 in Vigo to discuss the different facets of sustainable seafood as viewed by large and smaller scale producers. The organisers created a blend of local business and global views, which sparked good discussion of how the future developments may look. Global seafood is still very dependent on small scale producers, whilst also being globally traded. As we all seek to improve ocean stewardship and deliver more sustainable seafood, we need to keep a balance across this dichotomy of scale.”