Donostia-San Sebastian, 29 January 2010.- The exhibition ‘Tuna Fishing: sustainable fishing and responsible consumption' (‘Atunetan: pesca sostenible y consumo responsable') has been inaugurated today at the Donostia-San Sebastian AQUARIUM. It has been organised by AZTI-Tecnalia, the expert Technology Centre in marine and food research, and the AQUARIUM of Donostia-San Sebastian with the support of the Department for the Environment, Territorial Planning, Agriculture and Fisheries of the Government of the Basque Autonomous Community.

This exhibition, scheduled to remain open until after the summer, has been officially opened by Vicente Zaragüeta, Chairman of the Oceanographic Society of Gipuzkoa (Sociedad Oceanográfica de Gipuzkoa), Rogelio Pozo, AZTI-Tecnalia's CEO, and Jon Azkue, Head of the Sub-Ministry for Fishing of the Basque Autonomous Community Government.

The display reflects the importance of tuna for Basque society, and offers a global vision of this marine resource from the biological, technological, economic and gastronomic perspective. The exhibition sets out to contribute towards sustainable fishing and the responsible consumption of marine resources, as well as improve the spread of scientific knowledge and the visibility of the marine research that is conducted on our coasts.

INTERACTIVE AND VISUAL

In line with its philosophy not only to generate knowledge but also to spread it, AZTI-Tecnalia's work in this field spanning over 25 years has been devoted to developing numerous initiatives within the framework of the social popularisation of science, technology and innovation. For its part, the Donostia-San Sebastian AQUARIUM has been fostering our marine and maritime culture by carrying out many activities linked to popularisation and research during the 100 years of its existence. A special effort has been made in this exhibition to adapt it to the family visitor through content suited to all members of the public. The display also has an area devoted to the youngest visitors and a touch screen that will enable the organisers to gauge how much the visitors have learnt.

The exhibition makes use of interactive mediums and a variety of visual and audio aids designed to bring the world of the tuna closer to the visitors' senses. The content is reinforced through the launching of a special section on the display on the Itsasnet sea portal (www.itsasnet.com), where it will be possible to consult much of the information and graphic material on show in the exhibition.

Further information: www.itsasnet.com

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