SFP Global Markets Deputy Director/Advisory Services Director Mercedes Mendoza participated in a panel session on October 8 entitled “Minimize the impact of overfishing and environmental destruction in the seafood market in Japan and Asia: Environmental due diligence approaches and supply chain engagement.”

The following day, October 9, SFP Chief Executive Officer Jim Canon discussed co-management of fisheries as part of the Day 2 Keynote Session, “Movements in Japan and Asia: Reflecting on the progress to date and setting the roadmap to 2030 – Part 2.”

Jim Cannon also participated in the summit’s October 10 closing session, “Mapping the path to the 2030 goal of ‘Win the Mainstream’ with sustainable seafood,” sharing his views on progress on sustainable seafood in Japan and Asia over the last decade.

2024 marked the 10th anniversary of the Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit. The summit is hosted by Seafood Legacy and brings together representatives from industry, NGOs, resource management, blue finance, government, and international organizations. This year’s theme is “Win the Mainstream: Nature-Positive, Ensuring Global Food Security and Respecting Human Rights.”

The Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit took place from October 8-10, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.
Photo of Jim Cannon with the headline Completing a Massive Jigsaw Puzzle Spanning the Entire Society for Sustainable Seafood Worldwide - a link to an interview with Jim in Seafood Legacy Times

Read an interview with SFP CEO Jim Cannon in the Seafood Legacy Times, a report on the Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit.

SFP Deputy Markets Director/Advisory Services Director Mercedes Mendoza speaking at a panel session at the 2024 Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit

Mercedes Mendoza speaking at the panel session on environmental due diligence approaches and supply chain engagement

SFP CEO Jim Cannon speaking at the closing session of the 2024 Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit

Jim Cannon speaking at the Summit’s closing session

Jim Cannon, Mercedes Mendoza, and Mio Uchida at a lunch table during the 2024 Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit

The SFP team enjoying Japanese seafood before the conference