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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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MarinTrust and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in an attempt to streamline the certification processes between both organizations. The agreement between MarinTrust, a London, U.K.-based certification program working to improve sourcing and… Read More

Fishing industries in Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador are using a new digital management tool developed by Global Fishing Watch (GFW) to increase the effectiveness of marine management and better protect marine resources essential to their… Read More

The Autonomous Region of the Azores, an archipelago roughly 1,000 miles west of Portugal, has passed legislation designating the largest marine protected area (MPA) network in the North Atlantic Ocean. The MPA will cover 287,000 square kilometers, half of which will be fully protected where no… Read More

Leslie Simmons is the senior director of business development for the fresh goods team at Oakland, California, U.S.A.-based nonprofit Fair Trade USA, where she focuses on the strategic growth and development of certified programs to drive ethical sourcing and monitor the impact of produce, floral,… Read More

The Indonesian Tuna Consortium is working directly with the Southeast Asian nation’s seafood supply chain, as well as other stakeholders, to create a more resilient, efficient, and equitable fishing ecosystem across the archipelago. The consortium – a group of organizations comprising… Read More

A new poll has found that most Americans care about sustainably produced seafood, food security, and protection of the world’s oceans.

The poll, released by the Walton Family Foundation (WFF) – a Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S.A.-based philanthropic organization established by Walmart founders Sam and Helen Walton – in honor of National Seafood Month, found that more than four out of five Americans agree that it is important to

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