Sixth Tuna and Sea Fair on November 18 in Mogán

 

The Mogán Tuna and Sea Fair returns for its sixth edition with the firm objective of highlighting the municipality's fishing sector and promoting seafood producers and especially the tuna that Mogán sailors catch artisanally. To this end, on November 18, Pérez Galdós Square in Arguineguín will host various activities such as showcooking, sale of culinary preparations, tasting, educational and recreational activities for children, tribute to neighbors who dedicated their lives to fishing and live music. 

 

This morning the mayor of Mogán, Onalia Bueno, the Councilor for Fisheries, Víctor Gutiérrez, and the Councilor for Tourism of Gran Canaria, Carlos Álamo, announced the program of the Fair together with the Fishermen's Guild of Arguineguín, with views to the artisanal and sports fishing boats docked at the town's dock. 

 

“This Fair joins other training actions that we promote from the City Council to highlight the fishing sector and specifically the work of the two Fishermen's Guilds of the municipality, Arguineguín and Playa de Mogán, which house about 60 boats. in which 200 sailors from the municipality work,” Bueno said, emphasizing the artisanal and responsible work of the municipality's fishermen to bring to land the spectacular specimens of tuna that we taste on our tables. “They capture the bait and keep it alive so they can fish with rod and hooks,” he noted. 

  

The counselor, for his part, highlighted that “fairs like this are also tourism” since they make other potentialities of the island visible, such as its gastronomy and the quality of kilometer 0 products. “Evidently we are a destination of sun and beach, but we have many more things and one of the objectives we have set for ourselves is to find ways so that the wealth generated by the tourism industry is better distributed throughout Gran Canaria. One could be gastronomy, and with a fair of these characteristics we are promoting it and involving sailors,” he explained. In addition, he trusts in the attendance of a large number of tourists at the event since the Canary Islands are currently in the middle of the high season. In this sense, to promote it, the City Council has launched promotional videos on social networks in Spanish, English, Norwegian, Italian, Norwegian and German.

Finally, the Fisheries Councilor thanked “all the people involved in making this Fair possible for another year. From culinary advisors, chefs, to Fishermen's Guilds and municipal departments.” Likewise, the support received from Gran Canaria Tourism. 

 

Activity program

 

The Fair will open its doors at 12:00 p.m., as reported by the mayor. She will do so with “a tribute to residents of the municipality who have dedicated their lives to the sea, bringing ashore day after day for more than 30 years examples of the excellent quality and flavor that we are accustomed to tasting in the municipality,” she explained. The recognized sailors will be Manuel Moreno Ruano, Tomás Trujillo Santana, José Déniz Hernández and Rubén Déniz Padrón.

 

“During the day we will also learn more about tuna and how to make the most of it in the kitchen with the showcooking of Lolo Román, a renowned chef and creative advisor to restaurants such as Masterchef in Madrid,” Bueno noted. Lolo Román was named Best Canarian Chef in the world in 2018, he has been a professor in the area of ​​Culinary Avant-garde at the Basque Culinary Center and today he heads Lolo Román Becoolinary Group, a project that aims to provide solutions and answers to companies, both public and private in the food and restaurant sector, to seat the Canary Islands at the world table of culinary avant-garde.

 

Attendees will also be able to enjoy other exhibitions, this time starring the municipality's chefs José Alonso Alonso and Carlos Santana Hernández, in addition to the participation of the young Aynara Alonso Auer. Likewise, there will be a tasting of preparations with tuna as the protagonist prepared by the students of the Mogán Me Sabe and Sala Profesionales Training Programs in Alternation with Employment (PFAE), both financed by the Canary Islands Employment Service, the State Public Employment Service and the Mogán City Council. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The municipality's restaurant establishments will not be missing from the event, which will sell preparations made with tuna and other seafood products. The mayor has assured that the offer will be varied and "for all tastes, with more classic dishes such as grilled marinated tuna to others with avant-garde style and fusion cuisine." 

 

Bueno reported that boys and girls will also have a space at this Mogán Tuna and Sea Fair, which will be open from 13:00 p.m. to 18:00 p.m. with workshops to raise awareness about caring for the sea, including the so-called 'Yes the fish will speak'.

 

Throughout the day, attendees will enjoy live music. At noon with the saxophonist Mr. Bordón and in the afternoon, after the showcookings, the municipal artists Arantza Navarro and Alberto Déniz will take the stage in the square. The last concert will be with the group Q' Chimba. The Fair will conclude at 00:00 hours.