Groundfish Forum 2023 – International Groundfish Forum

The Forum will be held at The Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso Hotel, located south of Athens on the Athens Riviera.

2023 Groundfish Forum Registration List – as of September 13, 2023 (password protected)

Forum registration from 09:00
Afternoon Acropolis Tour with guides from 12:00 to 17:00
A guided walking tour of the Acropolis and a panoramic city bus tour of Athens, viewing, amongst others, Syntagma Square, the Presidential Palace, the Old Olympic Marble Stadium and the Neoclassical trilogy with the Academy, the University, and the Library buildings.

As usual, there are two days of the Forum. The Forum Session is from 09:00 in the morning until 13:00 each day, with lunch served after each session.
In addition to the traditional Global groundfish supply, utilisation and market flow key talk, we have lined up great speakers to discuss resource trends and developments for supply and markets and the seafood industry’s opportunities, changes, and challenges. See lineup below.

Please note that below are the subjects of the presentations in most cases.

Wednesday, October 18th.
09:00-13:00, lunch served after the session

An Update on Resources and Environmental Conditions for Alaska Pollock in the Eastern Bering Sea
Dr James Ianelli, NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Russian Pacific Resource Update
Alexey Buglak, Russian Pollock Catchers Association
US Alaska Pollock Resource Update
Jim Johnson, Glacier Fish Company
North Atlantic Cod, Supply and Demand
Morten Hyldborg Jensen, Nordic Group
All Hakes, Supply and Markets
Jonty Jankovich-Besan / Mariano Mansilla, Irvin & Johnson Holding Company / Seaman International
All Hoki’s, Supply and Markets
Tony Hazlett, Talleys Group
Atlantic Salmon Supply and Demand update
Eivind Hestvik Brækkan, Norwegian Seafood Council
Global Supply and Markets for Tilapia
Ron Risher, Grobest Global Services
Pangasius, Supply and Markets
Christine Ngo, H&N Group

Thursday, October 19th.
09:00-13:00, lunch served after the session

Mediterranean Sea Bass and Sea Bream Aquaculture
Lara Yeroulanos, Kefalonia Fisheries S.A
Consumers Europe
Stuart Price, Nomad Foods
Whitefish Evolution in the African Markets
Robert Gershberg, Sogda
World Economics
Elwin de Groot, Rabobank
China Seafood Production and Market
He Cui, China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance.
Greek Retail
George Georgopoulos, Pescanova Hellas
Maximizing Raw Material Utilization
Kristrún Auður Viðarsdóttir, IS Haf Investments – Seafood Sector Investment Fund
US Market
Paul Jewer, High Liner Foods.
Seafood Trade Champions:
Species and Regions driving global seafood trade
Gorjan Nikolik, Rabobank