The Ecuadorian Tuna Fishing Association was created in 1994 with the goal of gathering all of the owners of tuna fishing vessels in the country, promoting solidarity and development at material, social, and technological levels.
Our Goals
Promote
To promote the material, social, and technological level of our partners.
Maintain
Maintain and promote the relationships and activities, national and international, with similar organizations, with the goal of intervening in important issues, in which ATUNEC could have a positive influence.
Place
Place ATUNEC in front of Ecuadorian and foreign authorities as spokespersons in the matter.
Gather
Gather all shipowners of tuna fishing vessels in the country, specifically those who use fence and cane net.
Constitute
Constitute a solid legal structure, in which all our members are able to define common goals and therefore obtain the support they need to defend their interests.
Entrepreneurship
To start negotiations with the goal of decentralizing, eliminating, and simplifying, paperwork of our members with legal and foreign authorities.
Elaborate
Elaborate a base of technical, commercial, and economic data, about fishing in Ecuador, the same one which will be available to all of our members.
Solidarity
Promote solidarity, community spirit, and mutual help among our members, to protect and defend each other.
Resort
Resort to authorities and organizations, both national and international, to defend the interests of our members, and therefore, promote the growth of our sector.
Maintain
Maintain a close relationship with local, regional, and national authorities, with the goal of receiving the necessary services with the right quality and speed.
ATUNEC History
The Ecuadorian Tuna Fishing Association, ATUNEC was constituted through the General Assembly of tuna fishing shipowners and tuna processing plants on august 8th 1994, previously summoned by Baltasar Romeo Fernández Avellaneda and other founding partners.
Legal Status
Through Ministerial Agreement No. 192 of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrialization and Fisheries, given and signed in Quito on July 24, 1995 by José Vicente Maldonado, legal status is conferred on the Ecuadorian Tuna Association ATUNEC with the approval of its current statutes.
Legal Representation
Legally, ATUNEC is represented by the President of the Board of Directors and has the character of an institution of a private and class order. The current President is Cap. Ricardo Buehs Bowen.
