Ned Daly

Michael McNicholas is the group CEO and President of Oddisea SuperFrozen, an importer and distributor of SuperFrozen seafood – or seafood frozen at minus 76 degrees Fahrenheit that rapidly locks in quality, color, texture, and taste with zero additives. The firm, which rebranded from Culimer USA in June 2025, focuses on delivering clean, all-natural, responsible, and traceable ingredients for large sushi and seafood operators across North

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For Miami, Florida, U.S.A.-based food distribution firm True Grade Foods, navigating through the Covid-19 pandemic was a challenge, but it also provided the company with a unique opportunity to rethink its high-volume supply chains.

Rather than rebuilding the same systems it had, coming out of the pandemic, True Grade chose to invest in a more future-ready supply chain that included greater traceability infrastructure, True Grade CEO Tony Malave

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Shelton, Washington, U.S.A.-based Taylor Shellfish Farms – the largest producer of oysters in North America – was recently certified to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standard. The certification covers seven species raised by Taylor, including Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida), Kumamoto oyster (Crassostrea sikamea), eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis), Manila clam (Veneripus… Read More

Ahead of the upcoming meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), taking place from 1 to 5 December in Manila, Philippines, Pacific Island nations have developed a joint, science-based proposal for the management of South Pacific albacore. Simultaneously, the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) has launched the “Anchor Albacore’s Future” campaign to highlight the importance of adopting a predictable management plan for… Read More

Ned Daly is the lead for Seafood2030, a project that highlights the intentional design and evaluation of global sustainable seafood systems, as well as the collective impact of sustainability efforts in seafood. Trapped value develops in a system when risk or inefficiencies impede value delivery. Such examples of releasing trapped value at a company level include when a business moves from a paper-based system to a digital system or from a… Read More

Rich Boot is the CEO of seafood sustainability nonprofit FishChoice, which manages FisheryProgress, a site that tracks the progress of global fishery improvement projects (FIPs). Previously, Boot served as a board member for the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions. He has also served as the director of operations for nonprofit FishWise.

SeafoodSource sat down with Boot to discuss the global FIP landscape and how FisheryProgress is

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Tom Pickerell is the global director for the World Resources Institute’s Ocean Program and head of the secretariat for the institute’s High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy – a group comprising 18 world leaders working to organize initiatives that promote ocean… Read More

Electronic monitoring (EM) is a rapidly evolving technology in the seafood industry that collects data such as fish catch totals, fishing effort, and bycatch in order to ensure sustainability aboard vessels. Certain governments and regional fishery management organizations are making the… Read More

Pedro Ferreiro is the fisheries governance and livelihoods director at the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP).  With a background in marine biology and years of experience working with Spanish fisheries and aquaculture operations, Ferreiro now works as a liaison between small-scale… Read More

New York City, New York, U.S.A.-based Acme Smoked Fish sells approximately 20 million pounds of smoked and pickled seafood products per year and possesses strict sourcing and processing standards. The company has processing facilities in Chile, Denmark, and the U.S. state of North Carolina, which… Read More