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The organizations working on seafood sustainability and traceability are many, and they’re mighty. Historically, though, there’s been little support for them to work together to solve problems and amplify their efforts. This siloing—common across the nonprofit and NGO spaces—means that it’s harder for us to share our learnings, spend time working together, and collaborate for…

My name is Emily Liang and I’m currently studying Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management as a Masters student at Wageningen University and Research (in Holland). I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California but am thankful to have my ethnic roots in Taiwan where some of the most delicious food in the world resides.…

By Marah Hardt, Research Director The problem of overfishing and declining resources in the ocean is very serious—that is why introducing a little bit of play can be critical to designing effective solutions. Over the past two weeks, we’ve had the privilege of working with three different fisher caletas along Chile’s central coast to ideate…

Chris has been an active contributor to the management and research of Peruvian small scale fisheries in the regions of Piura and Tumbes. With NGOs, private tourism businesses, and government programs he has worked in over 30 fishing communities on pressing governance issues such as moving fishermen to legality through the process of formalization or…

by Iván Greco, Research Associate at Future of Fish Versión en Español incluída Chilean Artisanal Hake Value chains 101 It seems easy in theory, but the practice of sourcing seafood is incredibly complicated. How does fish travel from the water to the consumer's table? Usually the description of that path is called the value or…