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Thanks to the latest advances in technology over the past several decades, seafood suppliers and buyers can now do their bidding both dockside and by the light of their desktop computers. What’s the value in conducting seafood transactions online and, conversely, in person? Join SeafoodSource.com alongside Mike Budreski, founder of online trading solution Ocean Executive, and Katy Davidson, oyster sourcing expert and founder of the Oyster Academy, as we explore the many intricacies of dealing seafood in the modern world.
Giving a Voice to Mid-Supply Chain Companies: How Sea Pact is Driving Change from the Middle
Speakers: Darian McBain, Thai Union; Wenche Gronbrekk, Cermaq; Henrik Österblom, Stockholm University; Jose Villalon, Nutreco
The aim of the newly created SeaBOS initiative is to stimulate industry leadership for ocean stewardship in accordance with best available science. SeaBOS is the result of a science-based identification of “keystone actors” in global seafood, carried out by the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) of Stockholm University and published in 2015. The members represent aquaculture, wild-capture fisheries, and the feed industry. The SRC has facilitated and coordinated the work of SeaBOS since 2016, but is now transferring this role to the companies themselves.
Moderator: Jill Swasey, ASC
Speakers:
- Anton Immink, ThinkAqua
- Dave Martin, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership,
- Roy Van Daatselaar Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)
Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) have become an instrumental tool for fisheries sustainability over the past decade. While improvements in aquaculture are just as critical as in fisheries, Aquaculture Improvement Projects (AIPs) are far less developed than their FIP cousins and have yet to gain traction in the marketplace. At the same time, awareness is growing on the historic and current environmental impacts of aquaculture production, particularly on critical habitats such as mangroves. As aquaculture production increases globally, opportunities exist to both scale-up responsible production while also preserving the biodiversity and climate benefits gained through restoring critical habitats. Three of the leading organizations in responsible aquaculture – the Aquaculture Stewardship Council, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, and Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch – are teaming up in an effort to streamline the path to sustainability for aquaculture producers, engaging more stakeholders in the process, and delivering improvements in farming practices and management that will protect those essential functions gained through restoring critical habitats. Farmers engaged in improvement program pilots are supported through partnerships with local consultants and supply chain partners. These pilots provide farmer support and capacity building at a greater scale by engaging farmers that have common practices and challenges in a shared region. In some instances, barriers to information requirements can be alleviated through the use of remote monitoring technology and shared impact assessment studies. This allows project partner organizations the opportunity to reduce the burdens and confusion of information needs to farmers and cater trainings and improvements to the farmer needs and at the scales at which they operate.
Together, these organizations will convene a diverse group of industry and other stakeholders to:
• Discuss the importance of aquaculture improvement in relation to assured supply of sustainable seafood;
• Explore how landscape level improvements can facilitate farm-level certification (and vice versa);
• Highlight opportunities to protect and restore critical habitats and maintain responsible farming practices; and
• Share some early lessons learned and opportunities for engagement in pilot aquaculture improvement projects underway.
Sean Murphy moderates a panel including James Anderson, Henry Demone and John Tanzer about a new report that will guide millions of dollars in investments in future fisheries improvement projects in third-world countries. Speakers will give a brief presentation followed by Q&A with Sean
Moderator: Linda Cornish, Seafood Nurtrition Partnership
Speakers:
- Leanne Bosarge, Bosarge Boats Inc.
- Jason Driskill, H-E-B
- Jim Motos, Rich Products Corporation
- Joe Rosenberg, CenSea, Inc.
It’s time to unify as an industry and be a true competitive force. Industry leaders from across the supply chain have come together to incubate a National Seafood Council to conduct a national seafood marketing campaign. These passionate leaders are working to secure federal funding for the most comprehensive national seafood marketing campaign in our industry’s history. This is YOUR chance to have a voice in the creation of YOUR Council and YOUR marketing campaign. Join us to learn, ask questions and challenge the team so YOU are represented.
Aquaculture is a critical part of the answer of how we will feed our world in the future.
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The day before U.S. Election Day on 8
An American Icon: Understanding the Maine Lobster Industry
