Aquaculture Europe
- The Director of CETMAR, Rosa Chapela, is taking part this week in Aquaculture Europe 2025, held in Valencia. She will speak in the roundtable “Attracting new talents in aquaculture” and moderate a session on economics.
The Director of the CETMAR – Technological Centre of the Sea, Rosa Chapela, is participating this week in Aquaculture Europe 2025, an event taking place at the Valencia Conference Centre until Thursday, 25 September, bringing together aquaculture professionals from more than 70 countries.
Under the motto “Aquaculture for Everyone”, the congress addresses key issues such as environmental sustainability, regeneration of primary sectors, and human capital development. One of its goals is to strengthen aquaculture’s role as a strategic element for global food security. This is the largest event ever held at the Valencia Conference Centre and combines scientific sessions, industry forums, innovation workshops, and specific activities for students.
On Wednesday 24 September, Rosa Chapela will take part in the roundtable “Attracting new talents in aquaculture”, together with representatives from research centres, associations, and leading companies in the sector. The debate will focus on the industry’s challenges related to attracting and retaining talent, generational renewal, and progress in gender equality, analysing how diversity and inclusion can foster innovation and resilience in the sector.
On Thursday 25, Chapela will act as moderator of the Market & Value Chain Economics session, alongside Norwegian professor Ragnar Tveterås. This is one of the few sessions at the congress specifically addressing the economic and market dimensions of aquaculture products, a key area to ensure the sector’s viability.
The organisation invited the CETMAR director in advance to coordinate this session, supporting the search for contributions and oral presentations to shape this debate space. The programme includes interventions on topics such as the EU regulatory framework for aquaculture, trends in the aquaculture value chain and its competitiveness, and the role of the blue economy as a driver of new business opportunities in aquaculture.
Through this dual participation in the congress, Rosa Chapela strengthens the visibility of Galician aquaculture in one of the most relevant international forums for the future of aquaculture.
