Tuesday, March 17, 10:00-11:00 a.m., Room 153CB, at Seafood Expo North America in Boston
Join SFP, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council, and our supply chain partners as we look back on two years of collaboration in the shrimp farming sector of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Much of global aquaculture depends on seafood from numerous small-scale producers. Yet, land rights and regulations are often unclear, and market incentives to reward better practices by these producers are frequently lacking.
A landscape approach addresses these challenges by raising environmental and social standards across entire production areas, ensuring broad benefits from improvements in the primary sector. While such approaches are well-established in terrestrial commodities, aquaculture is only beginning this journey.
To help lead the way, SFP and ASC have developed a “Roadmap for Landscape-Level Improvements in Aquaculture.” While the Roadmap includes applied insights from shrimp farming in Andhra Pradesh, India, it was developed to be applied in any aquaculture geography and commodity to create holistic, inclusive conditions that support long-term change.
In this session, participants will discuss ways to build on the Roadmap’s foundation and capitalize on subsequent opportunities for improvements and the pathways available to implement a landscape initiative in Andhra Pradesh.
The panelists will address important questions, such as: Where should we begin, and which issues come first? How do we measure success and secure participation? And importantly, how do we connect and collaborate with others already driving progress in the region?
Panelists will include:
- Jill Swasey, Director of Impacts, ASC (Moderator)
- Kathryn Novak, Biodiversity and Nature Director, SFP
- Blake Stok, Senior Director of Sustainability, Thai Union Frozen, Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods
- Roy van Daatselaar, Global Lead Improver Programmes, ASC
This session is part of the official Expo program and requires a Conference badge to attend.
