The Fisheye

A fish nerd visits the Honolulu Fish Auction and finds that traceability is possible.

SeafoodSource hosted an engaging chat on Twitter focused on seafood traceability and origin labeling today. Editors James Wright, Michelle McNickle, and Sean Murphy led the #SfSchat.

Attendees included FishWise, ThisFish, Dustin Cranor from Oceana, Inga from Marel Fish, Steve Vilnit, and Dana Biscotti Myskowski from the forthcoming documentary film Fish & Men. Future of Fish's Marah Hardt and Alyssa Danigelis participated as well.

In case you missed the lively and informative chat, the Storified version is below.

 

Come explore innovative ecosystem service management opportunities and tools with us at the world’s premier conference on seafood sustainability.

On February 11, Future of Fish and F.L.O.W. Collaborative will host an interactive workshop at the SeaWeb Seafood Summit in New Orleans. Participants can explore ecosystem service valuation as a mechanism for financing sustainable fisheries.

Ecosystem service is a nascent field that enables businesses to incorporate natural capital into their bottom line. By accounting for what nature does, ecosystems services take corporate social responsibility to the next level.

In the last 10 years we’ve seen 25 of the top U.S. retailers make commitments to purchasing sustainable seafood. We’ve seen a lot less traction and follow-through. Leading companies could be doing a lot more to drive supply chains in the right direction.

The Seafood Expo North America offers the unique opportunity to meet and mingle with people from every possible facet of the seafood industry. We decided to take advantage of this convergence of players to ask four simple questions about what the industry looks like from the inside. Here's what we heard.