Meeting of the Seas

5th, 6th, 7th July 2021

MARINE REFORESTATION

Preserving and restoring life in marine ecosystems is a priority. Oceans generate most of the oxygen we breathe, absorb a large quantity of carbon emissions, regulate the climate, and feed the world’s population. It is essential for them to remain healthy. Sea vegetation may be the key to prevent our way of life from collapsing, with large-scale marine reforestation plans. Protecting the culture of seas also entails reducing the impact of human activities on marine ecosystems by introducing regulations to do away with overfishing and strategies to prevent illegal fishing.

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The congress that brings together science, gastronomy and fishing

The world’s only congress forging links between gastronomy, science and the fishing sector brings together marine biologists, oceanographers, major figures in the fishing industry and chefs to discuss the current situation of the marine world, focusing on the oceans as the only possible source of sustainable healthy human foodstuffs over the coming decades, and boosting sustainable fishing plans with the climatic benefits that may be produced by algae forests, the feasibility of using them to create ‘bioplastics’, to grow and consume vegetation which is currently made up of invasive species, or to produce new kinds of medication.

NEWS

News

Meeting of the Seas glimpses healthy oceans by 2050

The organisation of the congress bringing together science, gastronomy and the world of the sea creates a grant for future sustainable collaboration between scientists and chefs.

News

Schiaffino: “We still have a lot to learn about gastronomy in Peru and South America”

The Peruvian chef talks about the gastronomic virtues of the wild “paiche” fish native to Amazonia.

Interview

Karen McGlathery: “I’m optimistic. We can reconstruct marine life”

Sowing seagrass meadows may help retrieve these key spaces forming part of marine biodiversity and the blue economy.

Speakers 2021

Chef

Aitor Arregi

Sea and grill

Marine ecologist

Carlos Duarte

Oceans of future

Marine ecologist

Karen McGlathery

Restoration of seagrass meadows

Ecologist

Atushi Watanabe

Recovering traditional algae cultivation

Chef

Pedro Miguel Schiaffino

The Amazonian chef

Agenda 2021

Welcome

Inauguration

The congress that brings together science, gastronomy and fishing.

Presentation

The role of algae cultivation in a sustainable future

Carlos Duarte

Profesor of Marine Science (Saudi Arabia)

Presentation

Sea resources

Ángel León

Chef of Aponiente*** (Puerto de Santa María, España)

Presentation

Iberostar Wave of Change

Soraya Romero

Global Head of Engagement & Diversity, Iberostar Group

Presentation

Made in Sannio

Giuseppe Iannotti

Chef at Krèsios* (Telese Terme, Campania, Italy)

Presentation

Present and future of Spanish aquaculture

Paloma Carballo

Head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food’s Department of Fishery Planning and Aquaculture’s Aquaculture Area

Presentation

The algae revolution: an assessment of macroalgae and microalgae as foodstuffs in a global context

Juan Luis Gómez Pinchetti

Scientific director and head of the Biotechnology and Cultivation Unit, Spanish Algae Bank

Presentation

The new narrative in the fishing sector: a balance between sustainable usage and conservation of the seas

Javier Garat

Secretary General of Cepesca

Tasting

Galician and Andalusian seaweed-tasting

Consuelo Guerra

Managing Director of Suralgas

Antonio Muiños

Owner of Porto Muiños

Presentation

Microalgae in the ocean: the key to quality maritime food

Susana Agustí

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

Presentation

The Matéria Project and the Portuguese sea

João Rodrigues

Chef at Feitoria* (Lisbo, Portugal)

Visit

Visit to the Andalusian Aquaculture Technology Centre - CTAQUA

María del Mar Agraso

Chief technical officer at the Andalusian Aquaculture Technology Centre

Visit

CTAQUA services and projects

Erik Malta

Project Leader at CTAQUA

José Cabello

Head of the Experimental Development Department at CTAQUA

Teresa Pico

Technical Project Officer at CTAQUA

Presentation

The invasive seaweed species Rugulopteryx okamurae. Captain Nemo’s ‘tabasco’?

Fernando G. Brun

Professor of Ecology, University of Cádiz

José Lucas Pérez Lloréns

Professor of the Biology Department, University of Cádiz

David Chamorro

Director Food Idea Lab

Visit

Visit to the CPIFP Marítimo Zaporino Vocational Training Education Centre

Juan Antonio Calderón

Aquaculture teacher and project manager in the Aquaculture Area at CPIFP Marítimo Zaporito.

Presentation

The Cataria Project

Aitor Arregi

Chef at Elkano* (Getaria) and Cataria (Cádiz)

Presentation

Algae in Japan: history of their cultivation, food culture and future prospects

Atushi Watanabe

Senior Research Fellow at Ocean Policy Research Institute of The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Presentation

Amazonia, the unknown sea

Pedro Miguel Schiaffino

Chef at ámaZ, (Lima, Perú)

Presentation

Restoration of seagrass meadows and optimism

Karen McGlathery

Director of the UVA's Environmental Resilience Institute, she also leads the Virginia Coast Reserve Long Term Ecological Research Project

Presentation

The world's last cuisine

Pepe Vieira

Chef at Pepe Vieira* (Poio, Pontevedra, Spain)

Presentation

Oceans 2050. Cultivation of carbon in seaweed

Alexandra Cousteau

Environmentalist and underwater filmmaker

CLOSING CEREMONY

2021 SARTUN AWARD

The award given by Meeting of the Seas to acknowledge the work of a person, a group or an organisation in defence of the sea, the ”Sartún” Award – “Sartún” being the official mascot of the congress, a hybrid name as a combination of “sardine” and “tuna” – stayed in Andalusia this year. Specifically, in El Puerto de Santa María, Ángel León’s operational base. The “sea chef” was awarded the prize for his work in defence of the sea.
Last year the Sartún Award went to National Geographic’s Pristine Seas programme (which helps protect the last wild areas of the oceans), while the very first Sartún Award in 2019 was taken by Global Fishing Watch (a platform financed by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, which geolocalises boats all over the world to combat illegal fishing).
Ángel León was presented with the award on Monday evening during a formal dinner at Bodegas Osborne in the Cádiz town.

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