Sea Pact

"Reactions to a recent Supreme Court decision have been mixed, but the #seafood industry shouldn't let this shift in process derail its own efforts to improve monitoring and compliance in #fisheries." Want to learn more? Check out this recent SeafoodSource op-ed from Samuel Grimley (Sea Pact) and Alexandra Golub (Sea Pact board vice chair, Acme Smoked Fish Corp): https://lnkd.in/ebmkuPuy

Don’t miss this, especially if you source from or work with small-scale fisheries! 🐟🐟🐟

Be sure not to miss Sea Pact's latest newsletter! It includes updates on recent project funding, a report on our 2023 activities, and a feature on our newest Sea Pact Supporter. Q2-2024 Sea Pact Newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eF9GDENC Be sure to subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/gT7_KHXm 📸 : Courtesy of Community Catch

The votes are in! After recently reviewing project funding proposals, Sea Pact members unanimously selected Community Catch as the latest Sea Pact Project Funding recipient. Community Catch's effort will focus on pilots in Indonesia #tuna and Mexico #snapper small-scale #fisheries with a goal of supporting fishing communities in achieving #sustainability objectives while gaining market recognition for improvement efforts. 🐟 More details on the project here: https://lnkd.in/eQTgjj3v 💡 Learn more about Community Catch here: https://communitycatch.org 💵 Sea Pact is now accepting letters of interest for the next funding cycle: https://lnkd.in/euh2UDci

We are excited to announce Wholechain as the latest Sea Pact Gold Supporter! A massive thank you for their generous sponsorship that directly supports Sea Pact funded projects, but also for serving as a valuable resource to Sea Pact's traceability sub-committee providing updates on a variety of traceability-related issues. Check out our website to learn more about the Sea Pact Supporters: https://lnkd.in/dacYdeSU

Check out this insightful update on a recent Sea Pact funded project! 🦀

Have you ever seen the stomach teeth (aka ossicles) of a blue crab? Or a bigger question - why would you want to? Well gastric mill ossicles may hold the key to better age determination in crab species. Sea Pact recently funded Raouf Kilada to investigate an innovative method to determine crab age by analyzing rings in ossicles, similar to how age determined in some fish species by counting rings in otoliths (aka ear bones). 🦀 Who cares about crab age? Well age is a critical component of stock assessments so accurate age data contributes to robust, informed stock assessments. 📰 Read more about Raouf's research and the preliminary results in Sea Pact's latest newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eXwYT7Gu 📥 Subscribe here if not already: https://lnkd.in/gT7_KHXm 📷 : Thin section of female blue crab's ossicles showing showing growth bands in red dots with green dot representing year 1.

Let's celebrate World Tuna Day! Sustainability of #tuna #fisheries is top strategic priority for Sea Pact members with members taking actions to support sustainability improvements in tuna fisheries. One example - the majority of Sea Pact members aggregated all of their tuna source fisheries data in order to identify priority improvement opportunities. After reviewing the data, Sea Pact's 2024 Project Funding Guidelines were updated to specifically request proposals related to electronic monitoring, data collection, and bycatch mitigation in longline yellowfin tuna fisheries to be considered for Sea Pact grant funding. This exercise was also an opportunity for members share with each other some of the challenges and approaches related to collecting source fishery data. Happy #worldtunaday!

And that's a wrap from Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America! A massive thank you to our Supporters - Pepper and Kvarøy Arctic for hosting Sea Pact's first-ever #SENA reception. Such an exceptional event! It was a busy few days Boston as always, but great spending time with all of our members and advisors, and many other stakeholders!

Last week Sea Pact participated in the 4th Annual Latin American Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Summit hosted by COMEPESCA AC and Pesca Con Futuro. During the Summit, we joined Seafood Legacy and COMEPESCA AC on a panel facilitated by the Walton Family Foundation to discuss pre-competitive collaborations addressing sustainability challenges. Some takeaways from the Summit: - There are A LOT of different initiatives driving impactful sustainability outcomes across Latin America, from technology uptake to supply chain collaborations, many good things happening on the ground/water. -Prioritization is key to the success of any collaboration addressing seafood sustainability. There are many issues facing environmental and social responsibility and any path forward will require organization to increase impact and prevent scope-creep, and may vary depending on where stakeholders sit in the value chain. -Bottom-up (producer/harvester/fisher) solutions to sustainability challenges, along with market engagement efforts (top down), are vital successful long-term sustainability outcomes. Thank you again to the organizers for such a great event!