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Designing for Change: Insights and Anecdotes from the Future of Fish Co-Design Process, part 1

Supply chains are messy. They’re made up of a whole jumble of people and places, each with their own sets of priorities, motivations, and needs. And they’re always changing. From the outside, it can be difficult to decipher what’s going on. In a supply chain like seafood, that murkiness means it’s often impossible to follow a fish from ocean to plate. That’s why we don’t try to impact supply chains from the outside. When planning a co-design workshop we aim to convene open-minded players…

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Introducing: Seafood Stories Volume 1: Sex in the Sea

How do oysters reproduce? Answers to this and other salty questions of the sea. Last week in San Francisco seafood lovers from around the city gathered at Fine & Rare for the very first night of Seafood Stories, a dinner series focused on sharing local, sustainable seafood and learning how to be better stewards to our oceans. The dinners, co-hosted by Fish Revolution and Fine & Rare, are planned monthly in San Francisco* and feature local seafood, guest speakers, and mouth-watering menus. What better way than to…

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Sustainable Seafood Week National concludes with D.C. Industry Lab

What is Industry Lab? Why are context and the people in the room so important for the goals we aim to achieve? Well, we think “context”—the perfect, concise distillation of the challenge under discussion—is the foundation for lively and candid discussion. And if you invite the right, diverse group of people to show up, an event becomes organically dynamic. Frankly, there are too many boring conferences stuffed full of four-speaker lecture panels and not enough events that energize and open new paths to change. The…

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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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