Author: Lara Kilpatrick
Addressing Social Responsibility in Seafood: FishWise to Present at Temple Beth El, Aptos
Can we protect the oceans and the communities that depend on them? A local approach goes global Globally, three [...]
FishWise Welcomes Lana Brandt!
My name is Lana Brandt, and I recently joined FishWise as the Communications Project Manager. As such, I am [...]
Hy-Vee’s Due Diligence Plan and At-Sea Transshipment Policy
FishWise is proud of our market partners and the work they do to improve traceability and combat risks of [...]
Join Us in Welcoming Garrett Okrasinski
FishWise is excited to welcome Garrett Okrasinski to our Social Responsibility Division. In this role, Garrett will research and [...]
FishWise Launches SIMP Project
FishWise, with the support of the Walton Family Foundation and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), is soliciting feedback [...]
FishWise and Pescavore Announce New Partnership
FishWise is pleased to formally announce our partnership with Healthy Oceans Seafood Company, creators of Pescavore, a one-of-a-kind seafood [...]
FishWise Partners First to Sign Tuna Sustainability Letter
Albertsons Companies, Target, and Hy-Vee were the first US retailers to sign the global appeal tuna sustainability letter this [...]
Kate O’Rourke Joins the FishWise Team!
My name is Kate O’Rourke I joined FishWise to provide operations and management support to the Seafood Alliance for [...]
FishWise Introduces RISE, a New Tool to Help Businesses Address Social Risks
Amplifying Worker Voice On June 10-14, 2019, FishWise staff members attended the SeaWeb Seafood Summit in Bangkok, Thailand. In [...]
Learnings from T75 Global Forum 2019
On February 6-7, FishWise staff attended the 2019 Global Fisheries Forum in Miami, FL, hosted by Sustainable Fisheries Partnership [...]
Tuna Forum Releases Best Practices Documents
Collective Best Practices for Well-Managed FAD Fisheries Over 40% of the global tuna catch is caught using floating objects, [...]
Guidance for Improving Vessel Monitoring and Transparency
Human rights abuses and illegal activities occurring in vessels on the high seas can often happen with impunity – [...]
Women in Seafood Leadership
If you’ve ever attended a seafood industry event, such as the Seafood Expo North America, aka the Boston Seafood [...]
Round the World in 26 Days – Bitung
A final post in a 5-part series about Erin Taylor and Alanna Gisondo on their learning journey in Indonesia… [...]
Round the World in 26 Days – Indonesia
In this next 3-part series, we continue where Project Director Erin Taylor left off, meeting up with her colleague Senior Project [...]
Round the World in 26 Days – Sulawesi
Continuing from the previous post about Erin Taylor and Alanna Gisondo on their journey in Indonesia… MDPI Director of Science [...]
Round the World in 26 Days – Stop 2: Our Ocean, Our Legacy
From San Diego to Sulawesi to Sumbawa and back, Fall 2018 brought Project Director Erin Taylor through a whirlwind [...]
Round the World in 26 Days – Stop 1: Scenes from Sea Pact
From San Diego to Sulawesi to Sumbawa and back, Fall 2018 brought Project Director Erin Taylor through a whirlwind [...]
WCPFC Agrees to Voluntary Labor Standards for Crew
Two members of FishWise’s tuna team, Elsie Tanadjaja and Kathleen Mullen-Ley, traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii, in December 2018 to [...]
How FishWise is Tackling IUU Fishing
By Lindsay Jennings, M.P.S., Senior Project Manager Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a long-standing issue that is [...]
FishWise and Positively Groundfish Form New Partnership
FishWise is pleased to announce a new partnership with Positively Groundfish – a unique multi-sector association based in Brookings, [...]
10 Ways to Celebrate National Seafood Month
In honor of national seafood month, we asked our staff of seafood experts to put together some of their [...]
FishWise Business Services
This document outlines the ways that a business may partner with FishWise. FishWise promotes the health and recovery of [...]
Mayor of Santa Cruz Proclaims October 5 “FishWise Day”
FishWise was honored by the Mayor of the City of Santa Cruz with the following proclamation: Whereas [...]
Producer Partner Spotlight: Riverence
FishWise is excited to announce a new producer partnership with Riverence. “Reverence for the river” – this is [...]
Supporting Worker Voice and Promoting Social Responsibility at the SeaWeb Seafood Summit
Feature image: Jen Cole, Jittrinee Kaeojinda, Art Prapha, and Dominique Gautier at the “Building Socially Responsible Seafood Supply Chains [...]