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• Advisory Services Blog

  Holiday Closure Notification

  As the holiday season approaches, we want to inform all Seafood Metrics system users that Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) offices will be closed from December 23rd to December 27th, with staff operating at limited capacity through January 6th, 2025, due to holiday leave. While the Seafood Metrics system will remain…

  

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  Global Squid Supply Chain Roundtable Joins the Ocean Disclosure Project, Publicly Discloses Squid Sourcing

  The Global Squid Supply Chain Roundtable (Squid SR) has published details of its participants’ squid sourcing in the Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP), becoming the first precompetitive collaboration to participate in the project. The Squid SR focuses on engaging supply chains to support the long-term sustainability of squid fisheries. The roundtable…

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  Electronic monitoring for modern supply chains and stronger fisheries management

  A summary of the use and benefits of electronic monitoring (EM) and recommendations for how end buyers can help support the broader adoption of EM systems.

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  Moving Electronic Monitoring Forward

  Guidance and recommendations for fisheries managers, regulators, and the seafood industry on how to design and implement electronic monitoring (EM) systems.

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  Advancing transparency and sustainability in global seafood markets: Insights from Europe and Asia

  Southern Europe and Japan are two of the biggest seafood markets in the world. In October, both played host to major seafood forums that focused on the similar challenges that each region faces in the transition to a sustainable seafood economy. In Europe, new legislation requiring greater environmental accountability in…

  

• Advisory Services Blog

  Strengthen your farmed seafood reporting: Why including “Province/State” matters in Seafood Metrics

  Hello Seafood Metrics users! We are implementing an important update to enhance the accuracy of risk assessments for farmed seafood sources in Seafood Metrics. Starting January 1, 2025, the “Province/State” field will be required for all newly created farmed profiles. Including this information is critical for aligning risk assessments more…

  

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  Electronic Monitoring

  New research from Sustainable Fisheries Partnership looks at the potential for electronic monitoring (EM) to meet growing requirements for stronger transparency, traceability, and verification in seafood production and trade supply chains. EM can replace traditional in-person fisheries monitoring systems that can be expensive and inefficient, and are often not feasible…

  

• Blog Post

  Stakeholders come together to promote new fishing technologies that protect whales – but we still need to improve industry outreach

  In late October, SFP’s Biodiversity & Nature Director Kathryn Novak and I traveled to Providence, Rhode Island, for the annual meetings of the Ropeless Consortium (RC) and the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium (NARWC). More than 200 representatives of scientific and conservation groups, NGOs, fishing industry experts, technology innovators, and…

  

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  Taking aquaculture on the road: Promoting new approaches and innovations in responsible aquaculture

  Aquaculture initiatives here at SFP are gaining momentum, as our ongoing landscape-level project in India and our ready-to-use Feed Solutions Toolkit move into their promotional, or “roadshow,” phase. We’re excited to share these developments with the world, to enhance their impact. Stay tuned for updates and read on to learn…

  

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  Two meetings, two countries, two audiences – one shared focus on the future of responsible and sustainable seafood

  In October, I had the opportunity to attend two key events on the sustainable seafood movement’s yearly calendar: the annual conference of the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions (CASS) in Cancun, Mexico, and the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) Responsible Seafood Summit in St. Andrews, Scotland. Two meetings in two different…