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New species are seeing by many as the panacea for solving the problems of the Bass and Bream sector. Not that easy. Anyhow, the speaker would have preferred to talk about new products; including new species, new presentations, different sizes and of course, new strains.

There is no doubt that new species have an important role to play in the development of fish farming, but the speaker has always made a cautious approach about them. On one hand, to develop profitably a new species takes years, lustrums we should say. On the other, many species that were believed at once as promising, end up being a fiasco; sometimes for technical reasons, some for economical failures, some because a real market analysis was not made before the efforts were put forward. So it is a very expensive exercise.

Some characteristics that a new species has to have –in order to have the best  business probability of success- will be proposed and discussed.

President and Managing Director of the Tinamenor Group, Gustavo Larrazábal A . joined the company 18 years ago. The flagship of the Group, Tinamenor, S.A. was founded in 1973 and was the pioneer Spanish company in marine fish farming. Today, this is one of the most representative groups of the Spanish aquaculture, and holds five companies, operating from hatchery breeding to table-fish production and commercialisation.

Member of the Board of Directors of APROMAR (Spanish Marine Fish Farmers Association). Recently resigned as President, after 17 years at the responsibility.

He was the Chairman of MedAQUA (Mediterranean Aquaculture Working Group of the FEAP) during the last 3 years.

Actual Vice-President of FEAP

 Contact Details: direccion@tinamenor.es