Huw Thomas founded 3 Pillars Seafood in 2020 to provide responsible sourcing and supply chain advice to seafood processors, retailers, and non-governmental organisations.
With a career spanning nearly 30 years in the seafood world Huw has been Fisheries & Aquaculture Manager of a UK retailer, led the market engagement work for a US-based trust aiming to end illegal fishing, the Technical Director of one of the UK's leading chilled seafood processing companies and run a shrimp processing plant in Vietnam.
Recognised as a thought leader in the evolving world that seafood sustainability programmes sit, he brings a unique perspective and insight to supply chain risks, mitigation, and certification efforts.
At Global Fishing Watch (GFW), Thomas supports the ongoing seafood industry outreach facilitating user led product development, education on transparency advocacy opportunities and exploring how seafood supply chain due diligence can amplify the GFW ambition to map human activities at sea
