Stories

Sustainable Seafood Week Goes National

May 21, 2015
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…

Seafood Fraud: The Impact

Apr 02, 2015
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…

Future of Fish Affiliate Receives B Corporation Certification

Mar 24, 2015
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…

Top 10 Things We Like About the Seafood Expo in Boston

Mar 12, 2015
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…

Discovering Traceability at the Honolulu Fish Auction

Feb 26, 2015
By Crystal Sanders Most Hawaiian vacations involve cocktails and beach time, but being a serious fish nerd I spent three early mornings at the Honolulu Fish Auction. I was there to meet a shipper who sent me tuna that a fishermen friend of mine had caught in Hawaii. I also wanted to see what happens…