Blue Transformation – A New Sustainable Paradigm for the Markets
The panel will examine efficient approaches to creating and accessing markets for aquatic products within sustainable production and the environment, resulting in improved nutrition and life on a meaningful scale. The discussion will center on the Blue Transformation, a targeted multistakeholder inclusive effort to secure and sustainably maximize the contribution of aquatic food systems to […]
Women Empowerment in the Seafood Industry
Large seafood companies especially in countries where gender equality is a priority, are doing excellent work to promote women and provide opportunities, this is not the case in other contexts with barriers to women working in safe, respectful and meritocratic organization. What is the situation in different contexts, where is the success and what can […]
Bridging the Gap: Aligning Consumer Demand with Sustainable Seafood Supply Chains in Southeast Asia
The seafood industry in Southeast Asia is rapidly growing, driven by increasing demand and consumption. However, this growth presents challenges in ensuring traceability and sustainability throughout the supply chain. Traceability is crucial for maintaining food safety, combating illegal fishing practices, and promoting responsible sourcing. Sustainability efforts are vital to protect marine ecosystems and ensure long-term […]
Workshop by The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability – Session 2: Standard Adoption and Implementation Focus – Aquaculture Case Study
Regulatory changes and increased customer expectations in every major marketplace are driving supply chain actors to focus on capturing and transmitting traceability data from harvest to point of sale. This session will explore how Partnership in the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST), the industry-accepted Global Standard for digitally interoperable Seafood traceability and the use […]
New Innovations To Improve the Seafood Supply Chain
The success of seafood startups in recent years and entrance of several investment funds have encouraged the growth of new innovators to support sustainability of the seafood industry. Join us to listen to the newest technologies from health to processing to find out how external innovation can benefit stakeholders across the supply chain in seafood.
From Hook to Cook: The role of Partnerships and Technology in ensuring Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability in the Tuna Supply Chain
JAM Seafoods, Inc. is a tuna processing company in Manila, Philippines, supported by the Meloy Fund, an impact investment fund focusing on financing small and medium-sized enterprises sourcing from sustainable fisheries that positively transform the seafood supply chain. JAM’s owner, Sam Garcia has played a key role as the Chairman of the Philippines Association of Tuna […]
The Fisheries Improvement Fund: A New Opportunity to Accelerate Fishery Sustainability in Asia
The Fisheries Improvement Fund (FIF) is a pioneering blended finance solution designed by Finance Earth and WWF in collaboration with leading industry partners to reverse the global trend of fisheries decline. Join us to hear about this new scalable funding mechanism for Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) – a proven approach to improving the sustainability of […]
Adapting approaches to fisheries sustainability: progress and challenges to address social responsibility and environmental needs in distant water FIPs
Improving the sustainability of the distant-water fishing (DWF) industry is critical for the longevity of fisheries and the food and livelihood security of coastal communities globally. Taiwan, a prominent DWF country, has adopted fishery improvement projects (FIPs) as an integrated approach to address sustainability challenges and meet global market demands. Drawing on our experiences in […]
NSC Workshop – Atlantic Seafood in SE Asia, Consummer Trends & Industry Challenges
An insightful seafood workshop focusing on both consumer trends and industry challenges. Asia plays a very central role for most species caught or raised in the Atlantic Ocean. Either as an extremely important market for consumption, or as a processing market for re-export. The Norway-Japan relationship has been defining both for Norwegian farm raised salmon […]
Seafood Consumption Trends in Asia
New findings in 2022 show growing concern among the public around the world about the state of the world’s oceans, accompanied by a rise in those saying their buying habits can make a difference to this threat. The independent survey of attitudes to seafood and ocean health – carried out by GlobeScan in 23 countries […]