Ned Daly

Japan’s seafood industry is rapidly changing. For example, a 2020 fisheries law significantly changed guidance around effective practices in fisheries management. Japanese producers and harvesters, meanwhile, are increasingly adopting measures to provide assurances of responsible supply geared both toward the domestic market – where consumer interest in sustainable seafood is growing – and the export market, with the latter

Ned Daly is a sustainability strategist with Diversified Communications and a founder and leader of the Seafood2030 project.

Many seafood companies have control systems in place to ensure their operations run efficiently and adhere to relevant laws and regulations. 

Financial control systems, pollution control systems, energy control systems, and even hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) plans are familiar approaches that all

A new program rolled out by Seafood and Gender Equality (SAGE),  has set out to remove key barriers toward achieving gender equality in the seafood industry.

After more than two years of development, the Gender Equality Dialogues (GED) program – launched with the support of seafood collaborations and nonprofits such as Sea Pact – aims to help companies design measurable and actionable commitments toward gender equality,

Precompetitive collaborations have become an important platform for companies in the seafood industry to effectively address sustainability issues.

These essential alliances allow groups of companies to tackle complex problems that inhibit the development or delivery of products and services.

Sea Pact is one such precompetitive collaboration that’s doing more than simply helping its members navigate the complexity of sustainable seafood;

The Portland, Maine, U.S.A.-based Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), an independent marine nonprofit dedicated to studying the Gulf of Maine ecosystem and the people who depend on it, recently announced the hiring of Glenn Prickett as its next CEO. Prickett, who was previously president and CEO of the World Environment Center in Washington, D.C., has 35 years of environmental, climate, and business development experience working with NGOs,

When asked what the biggest challenge or barrier is to increasing engagement with sustainable initiatives, seafood industry stakeholders overwhelmingly reference the complexity of issues, organizations, tools, and projects involved in sustainable seafood.

Many seafood companies view seafood sustainability as a bewildering jumble of organizations, often loosely connected by niche issues or geography. This perspective provides little understanding

A number of changes are underway in Japan’s seafood industry. A 2020 fisheries law significantly changed Japan’s fisheries management, and Japanese producers and harvesters are increasingly adopting measures to provide assurances of responsible supply geared both toward the domestic market – where consumer interest in sustainable seafood is growing – and for exports, which have increased as domestic consumption has

Ned Daly is a sustainability strategist with Diversified Communications. He has worked on sustainable markets in a variety of resources for 25 years, including a decade with SeaWeb.

Over the last 20 years, the seafood industry has made significant improvements in the management and sustainability of seafood resources. This progress is paying off, as seafood is increasingly recognized for its positive contributions to human health and to