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Spain: Official signing of the Global Tuna Cities Sustainability Alliance

Tuna
Seafood
Spain
Published May 10, 2023

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Official signing of the Global Tuna Cities Sustainability Alliance,, within the framework of the Bermeo Tuna Forum

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Official signing of the Global Tuna Cities Sustainability Alliance. Bermeo provided the backdrop for the official signing of the Global Tuna Cities Sustainability Alliance, within the framework of the Bermeo Tuna Forum. It is a framework for collaboration between towns where this protein forms a fundamental part of its economy, society, environment, history, culture and future. It has been signed by the cities of Manta (Ecuador), Victoria (Seychelle Islands), Pago Pago (American Samoa), Concarneau (France), General Santos (Philippines), Bermeo (Bizkaia, Spain) and Majuro (Marshall Islands), whose representatives were not able to attend. As Marc Bigot, mayor of Concarneau, stated, these are cities that have “grown up around tuna fishing, which forms part of their history.” This explains why “signing the Global Tuna City Alliance today is a great step towards a collaboration framework between local governments, based on better scientific knowledge, to guarantee the sustainability of ...
Source: Fish Focus
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