Ned Daly

Illegal fishing and human rights issues in supply chains are familiar issues to most seafood companies. Both issues have garnered media coverage and governmental attention, and NGO communications and reports often unveil instances of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) and hotspots where both IUU and labor abuse are likely to occur. Those reports often cover the potential economic and reputational costs the seafood industry faces… Read More

Like any technology, as the adoption of electronic monitoring (EM) in seafood increases, so do the use cases for how EM can create value for seafood supply chains. An example of this is an EM and first-mile traceability pilot project in the Costa Rican longline tuna fishery. Led by The Nature Conservancy, the pilot has brought on several partners to explore how EM can address traceability challenges.

SeafoodSource spoke with participants in the

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Launched in 2018, the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), an Amsterdam, Netherlands-based nonprofit, has developed a series of benchmarks to assess 2,000 of the world’s most influential companies.

Helen Packer is the ocean engagement lead at WBA, a role which includes work with the seafood industry. Packer spoke with SeafoodSource about why it’s beneficial to place accountability at the center of sustainable and responsible seafood

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Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based American Seafoods is the world's largest at-sea processor of Alaska pollock and Pacific hake. The firm’s two primary fishing locations – the Bering Sea for pollock and the North Pacific Ocean for hake – are both Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified.

Tim Fitzgerald joined American Seafoods as chief sustainability officer in 2021. Prior to joining American Seafoods, Tim worked for nearly

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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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