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Serving Up Sustainable Seafood on Campus

Grab a tray if you want to witness a sustainable sea change happen in large-scale food service. Barton Seaver is helping cafeterias nationwide transform their catch of the day. The director of The Healthy & Sustainable Food Program at The Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health spent more than a year inside institutional food service to find out where and how sustainability efforts were getting stuck. He met with operators at hospitals, universities and institutions. He…

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Industry Lab Tales: Truth, inspiration and challenges in seafood storytelling

An unlikely blend of fishers, producers, technology experts, seafood sellers, and chefs convened September 15th at the Empire Room in San Francisco for Industry Lab, an invite-only day of brainstorming, in-depth discussion, and collaborative problem-solving around our favorite topic—fish. Attendees shared the common goal of a deep commitment to seafood sustainability and a desire to rethink current systems even though their diversity in background meant many were new to each other. The day featured three panels that sparked discussion around traceability, seasonality, and the…

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Storied Fish at Sustainable Seafood Week San Francisco and Beyond

As seafood eaters and ocean lovers, we care about where our fish comes from, how it’s caught, and the journey it took from the ocean to our plates. And when we don’t know, we ask. We ask because we care about fish quality, we care about freshness, and we care about the longevity of our local fish stocks. We believe in the power of story to encourage supply chain transparency and to bring us one step closer to ending global overfishing. A Storied Fish is a…

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Seattle Industry Lab Brings Pros To The Table

Seattle's first Industry Lab brought local leaders together during Sustainable Seafood Week. Future of Fish led the invitation-only gathering hosted by Ray’s Boathouse on August 5. Cheryl Dahle, Future of Fish Executive Director and Flip Labs C.E.O., opened the day and introduced traceability to the group. The momentum kept going during a traceability panel moderated by Future of Fish and Flip Labs pod manager Keith Flett that explored an ecosystem approach. After participants got together in groups for constructive brainstorming, Cheryl interviewed Vulcan Inc.'s Dune Ives…

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FoF Traceability Technology Pod Responds to President’s IUU Task Force

We're in the final countdown. The public comment period for the Presidential Task Force on Combating Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud Action Plan deadline is midnight ET Friday July 31. Comments from industry, NGOs, and other stakeholders are pouring in — including the following submission from Future of Fish's new Traceability Technology Pod members. Four years ago, Future of Fish identified seafood supply chain traceability as a key lever in achieving a more sustainable global seafood industry. Today, we are excited to…

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Sustainable Seafood Week Comes to the Emerald City August 2-8

Hot on the heels of last month’s successful Sustainable Seafood Week in NYC, our team is hitting the road and heading to the Pacific Northwest. Co-produced by Sustainable Seafood Week founder Village Fishmonger and Flip Labs, Sustainable Seafood Week Seattle begins Sunday August 2 and includes a full week of exciting events showcasing how this city is at the forefront of a powerful movement. We’ve listed the highlights below, but for a full download of what’s planned, please visit our website. Opening Gala Tuesday August 4, 6:30-10:00 PM, Seattle Aquarium…

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Top 10: Indonesian Yellowfin Tuna Fishery

"Don't you dare fall off this boat." That was the constant thought that Future of Fish team members had in the darkness. They were in the middle of the Flores Sea at 11 pm with fishers from Labuhan Lombok, Indonesia, in a tiny wooden fishing vessel. The team was getting to know the yellowfin tuna fishing community there as part of the mFish initiative, a public-private partnership launched in 2014 by the United States Department of State. The goals: make fishing more sustainable and improve fisher…

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Future of Fish Leads NYC Industry Lab

Starting off Sustainable Seafood Week NYC in energetic style, Industry Lab convened leading seafood scientists, advocates, food service professionals, distributors and chefs to explore hot topics. Future of Fish led the invitation-only gathering hosted by Riverpark on June 23. The day featured expert panels and enaging activities. Future of Fish and Flip Labs pod manager Keith Flett made opening remarks before a panel about traceability that was moderated by Future of Fish executive director and Flip Labs C.E.O. Cheryl Dahle. Picking up where industry discussions last…

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Sustainable Seafood Week Goes National

We are excited to announce that Future of Fish, our affiliate Flip Labs, and Village Fishmonger are producing a culinary-fueled celebration of responsibly sourced seafood! Sustainable Seafood Week National will bring chefs, fishermen, industry professionals, and fish fans together in cities across America. In 2013, Village Fishmonger co-founders Samantha Lee, Dennis O’Connor and Sean Dixon noticed a disconnect between New York City residents and nearby fisheries. In response, they collaborated with Future of Fish to create Sustainable Seafood Week NYC. Last year the week kicked off…

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Seafood Fraud: The Impact

Oceana recently hosted an engaging Twitter chat that focused on seafood fraud. Attendees included Steve Vilnit, Chef Bun Lai, iPura, ThisFish, SeafoodSource's Sean Murphy, National Aquarium director of conservation Laura Bankey, and Oceana's Kimberly Warner. The chat coincided with a new report from Oceana that takes a closer look at mislabeling of iconic Chesapeake blue crab (PDF). Our friends at Oceana collected 90 crab cakes from 86 restaurants in Maryland and Washington, D.C., during the 2014 Maryland crab season. After they tested them, they made several discoveries.…

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Future of Fish Affiliate Receives B Corporation Certification

We're like proud parents on the day our kid made honor roll. Flip Labs, the company spun out of Future of Fish in September to bring our style of systems thinking to the non-fish world, has been named a B Corporation. Flip Labs was founded by CEO Cheryl Dahle explicitly to take the approach pioneered in four years of work in fisheries system reinvention and apply it to other systems. Flip Labs will use the same methods of problem re-framing, collaboration with system players, and…

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Top 10 Things We Like About the Seafood Expo in Boston

Sure, Paris has the glitz and glam of Fashion Week, but Boston is hot on its heels with the annual Seafood Expo. For the seafood world, this is a time to shine. North America’s largest seafood exposition starts March 15 and runs through Tuesday, March 17. Members of the Future of Fish team will be attending the Seafood Expo this year. Memories from last year still fresh in our minds, here are the top 10 reasons why we’re looking forward to this big social seafood gathering:…

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