It is held in Huelva with the aim of analysing the aquaculture sector in Spain and achieving strategic objectives both at the state and regional level. The Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment participates in the XV National Congress of Aquaculture and I Iberian Congress of Aquaculture, which is held in Huelva with the aim of continuing to deepen the monitoring and analysis of the aquaculture sector in Spain and contribute to the achievement of the strategic objectives established both at the state and regional level.
 
The Biodiversity Foundation, which is part of the organizing committee of the Congress and is one of the collaborating entities in its organization, will actively participate in three of the numerous technical and scientific sessions that have been scheduled during the three days of the congress. These sessions will delve into the implementation of the Multiannual Strategic Plan for Aquaculture in Spain (PEAE), launched by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, through the Biodiversity Foundation between 2013 and 2014, entrepreneurship, with the presentation of the empleaverde program and the Emprendeverde Network and the promotion and financing of R+D+I in aquaculture.
 
In the first of them, the coordinator of the Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Area of the Biodiversity Foundation, Javier Remiro, and the Deputy Director General of National Fisheries, Community Waters and Aquaculture. Ramón de la Figuera, will present the strategic plans for Spanish and Portuguese aquaculture. In the second session, the priorities and financing of R+D+i in aquaculture will be discussed and later on business dynamization following the example of the empleaverde program and the Emprendeverde Network of the Biodiversity Foundation.
 
In addition, the PEAE will also be the protagonist of two meetings scheduled in parallel to the congress: the 76th Meeting of the National Advisory Board on Marine Farming (JACUMAR) and the 10th Meeting of the National Advisory Board on Continental Crops (JACUCON), where, in addition to presenting the latest developments of the PEAE, the actions implemented by the Autonomous Communities and the Central Administration during 2015 will be monitored within the framework of the three working groups created under the umbrella of the PEAE Monitoring Commission and the work to be carried out for the year 2016 will be analysed.