An on-demand video of the 2025 Seafood Expo North America (SENA) panel “Navigating Human Rights Due Diligence in Seafood Procurement: Challenges, Best Practices, and Next Steps” is available free for SeafoodSource Premium members and for USD 350 (EUR 301) to non-members through the Complete Digital Ticket: Seafood Expo North America 2025.
A panel of experts including Oxfam US Senior Private Sector Advisor Ashley Aarons, FishWise Social Responsibility Division Director Kelley K. Bell, Fishing Industry Association of Papua New Guinea Chief Operating Officer Marcelo Hidalgo, and Aqua Star Vice President of Sustainability Corey Peet took on the topic in a panel advertised as follows:
Conducting appropriate human rights due diligence in seafood procurement is now a requirement for seafood buyers no matter if they source close to home or from the other side of the planet. Adopting human rights due diligence into procurement presents challenges, and there are few examples of success to learn from in this rapidly evolving field.
This panel will explore emerging best practices, challenges, and lessons from seafood buyers that have been or are planning to bring human rights due diligence into their procurement processes.
Oxfam will share insights from a new report that reviewed practices of leading businesses within the seafood sector and beyond. This highly interactive session will ask panelists to share their experiences to date and to share their next steps and insights for the sector to bring human rights into seafood procurement.
This year's SENA, which took place 15 to 17 March in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., featured a comprehensive conference program of live panel events focusing on topics chosen to be of vital interest to the seafood industry.
The more than 25 individual presentations from SENA featured exclusive information and insight from seafood industry experts on a range of topics, including diversity in the seafood industry and how the sector can best navigate current economic, energy, and trade policies.
