The women protagonists in the Canning Industry

Usually we think that the women plaid a secundary role in the Canning Industry but history teach us that they have been an authentic protagonists, not only in charge of low responsability also in jobs with high responsability.

An example of that is Teresa de Gamboa, from Mutriku, she was an important wholesaler and dealer of fish who in 1600 crowned the San Pedro Fishermen´s Cooperatives all the Yellowfin Tuna of the nex campaign of Tuna.

In our company the 84% are women.