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Funding cuts that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has made to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have affected several seafood projects across the globe, including components of a nonprofit in the Philippines aimed at advancing sustainable fisheries… Read More

The Mexican Council for the Promotion of Fishery and Aquaculture Products (COMEPESCA) has been promoting the responsible harvest and consumption of legally sourced Mexican fishery and aquaculture products since 2003. The organization includes 50 commercial members working to counteract negative… Read More

The United Nations has released the Ocean Investment Protocol – a guide for investors and financial institutions to support a healthy and resilient ocean and ocean economy. The UN developed the protocol to provide clarity on how financial institutions, insurers, ocean industries,… Read More

Ocean Outcomes, a Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.-based fisheries nonprofit, works with a wide range of stakeholders, including small-scale fishers, to create and implement science-based initiatives that promote sustainability across seafood supply chains.  SeafoodSource spoke with Ocean Outcomes… Read More

Founded in 2008, The Conservation Alliance represents over 185 organizations and companies across 30 countries working to, among other sustainability goals, improve how seafood is produced, sold, and consumed worldwide.  The organization has a stated goal of ensuring that 75 percent of global… Read More

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.-based Acme Smoked Fish (Booth #2705) is a company that has both a century-long history in the seafood industry and a strong view of the future of seafood.

Acme sells approximately 20 million pounds of smoked and pickled seafood products per year with strict sourcing and processing standards that highlight the company’s commitment to sustainability. Acme will also be celebrating the third year of its Seafood

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The Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) aims to work with seafood companies and retailers across the globe to improve tuna management. GTA presently has 44 members, including Aldi, Carrefour, Culimer USA, Lidl France, Tesco, and Woolworth’s. Daniel Suddaby is GTA’s executive director and… Read More

The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST), a Netherlands-based seafood consultancy firm, was established in 2017 and has developed a traceability standard that has been applied across seafood supply chains.  The standard sets a minimum data requirement companies need to document and… Read More

Human rights and social issues continue to be a concern across seafood supply chains and a challenge to effectively address, so many companies and communities are looking for innovative ways to ensure they are operating or participating in responsible supply chains.

Though new tools and approaches that focus on these issues are constantly under development and are gaining traction in the industry, Oakland, California, U.S.A.-based certification

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[Editor’s note: This article was originally published in October as part of SeafoodSource’s Key Buyer Industry Update.]

Seafood companies are taking a new approach when it comes to sustainability.

Rather than presenting their products as a collection of sustainability merit badges or tackling supply chain issues in isolation, seafood companies are designing their entire products around impact-focused solutions from their

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