Erin Spampinato is the Georgetown, Maine-based associate editor of SeafoodSource. Erin has held staff writer and editor positions at a number of mission-driven organizations, and her freelance journalism has appeared in various publications, including Electric Literature and The Guardian. She is also the author of numerous academic publications on the topics of gender, literature, and history. Erin holds a PhD in English Literature from the Graduate Center, CUNY, an MA from Columbia University, and a BA from Smith College.
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A study of tuna employee recruitment practices has found the a lack of regulations and the higher costs are key challenges to improving working conditions in the industry.
The study was conducted by London, U.K.-headquartered Impactt Limited, a human rights consultancy, and commissioned by a group of U.K. retailers and seafood industry organizations who – with the support of the U.K.-based Seafood Ethics Action Alliance (SEAA) –
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Family-owned Italian caviar company Caviar Giaveri is not worried about how recently imposed U.S. tariffs could change its nearly 50-year-old business.
The company, which produces 13 tons of caviar annually and which raises its sturgeon for seven to more than 20 years before harvesting, is used to being patient, according to Giada Giaveri, who runs the company her father started with her sisters Jenny and Joys.
“Our distributors in
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