Ned Daly

Ned Daly

Sustainability Specialist/Contributing Editor

Ned Daly is a sustainability specialist/contributing editor with Diversified Communications. He has worked on sustainable markets in a variety of resources for 25 years. Ned worked in seafood for the last decade with SeaWeb, Previously he was director of RugMark International (now GoodWeave), a certification program for child-labor-free rugs coming from Southeast Asia. He also served as chief operating officer for the Forest Stewardship Council in the United States, managing relationships with industry leaders and a diversity of key stakeholders including conservation nongovernment organizations, policymakers and industry trade associations. Ned has also worked on sustainable markets in the agricultural sector and the relationship between resource extraction and ecosystem health. He lives in Alfred, Maine.


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September 12, 2025
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
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August 15, 2025
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
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July 30, 2025
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
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July 24, 2025
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
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June 3, 2025
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
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May 30, 2025
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
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May 30, 2025
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
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May 14, 2025
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
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May 2, 2025
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
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March 17, 2025

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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