More powerful each year: 740 exhibitors from 48 countries

The Conxemar Fair will hold its 20th edition on 2, 3 and 4 October, reaching a record of exhibitors. The area of the Feral Institute of Vigo (Ifevi) has been fully covered and will be 38,000 m2 of exhibition that will house 740 companies from 48 countries around the world.

The recent construction of a new pavilion has made it possible to increase the exhibition offer and thus reach a maximum of historical exhibitors participating in the Fair, 20% more than in 2017. It is also expected to exceed the number of 31,370 visitors who attended last year.

As in each edition, the event will have the presence of the world's leading countries producing and consuming fishery products, such as the US, Portugal, Ireland, Norway, Chile, Argentina, Peru, China or Ecuador, among others. As a novelty this year, EUMOFA will visit the Fair for the first time, as will Estonia. In addition, Morocco is again participating after doing so in 2016 and China is expanding its presence.

After the good reception last year, the APP Conxemar is again available with all the information of the Fair: schedules, plan, list of exhibitors, activities... It also allows you to download the access accreditation to the site and serves as a tool to be able to hold commercial meetings between the attendees.

The FAO- CONXEMAR 2018 Congress will analyse the global fishing production of the main species of white fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, tuna and salmon

World-class experts, representatives of international economic agencies, FAO, as well as the top fishing authorities of the world's leading producing countries will meet at the International Congress on World Fisheries Production, which will be held one day before the Fair, on Monday, October 1, at the Vigo Social Foundation Centre.

The event will address the overall production of the main species of white fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, tuna and salmon; the availability of raw material; the evolution of demand; prices in major international markets and the sustainability of fishing grounds.

The panellists confirmed this 7th edition of the Congress include well-known experts from the international sector, including Gorjan Nikolik, analyst and director of the Rabobank Fisheries Products Division; John Sackton, editor of the Seafoodnews digital publication and John Connelly, President of the National Fisheries Institute (NFI).

In addition, leading representatives of the World Bank and OECD will discuss issues of great interest to the sector, such as the economic impact of illegal fishing at the global level, sustainable development goals and bilateral agreements on world trade in fishery products.

The Congress will also address sustainability, with a presentation by Herman Wisse, the representative of GSSI (Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative), in which it will take stock of the first 5 years of this initiative.