Seafood Alliance for Legality and Traceability

In August 2017, USAID awarded FishWise a five-year agreement—later extended to six years—to found and lead SALT. Together, hundreds of entities shared ideas and collaborated, and the result was an invigoration of the global movement toward the inclusive design of electronic seafood traceability. SALT is transitioning from a USAID-funded program to be fully led by FishWise in early 2024. Follow FishWise to continue receiving updates from us!

The Seafood Alliance for Legality and Traceability partnered with Ocean Strategies, Inc. and Totem to explore the intersection of #DEIA and social responsibility in companies' policies and practices. Diving into philosophical and practical overlaps between DEIA and social responsibility, the research sought to understand how each of these topics can be leveraged to amplify the other. The findings can inform actionable guidance for companies as they build and grow their DEIA and social responsibility programs.

🔍 The latest #RISEseafood case study explores Canadian-based sustainable seafood program, SeaChoice. Their Seafood Progress Scoring Methodology includes key social responsibility indicators.  🌐 👏 Supported by Seafood Alliance for Legality and Traceability research on key social responsibility indicators, SeaChoice traces data on trade unions or representative worker organizations for grocers and brands. Read more 📖 https://lnkd.in/gRh4Sa2p #SustainableSeafood #SeaChoiceSuccess #SeafoodProgress #SocialResponsibility

Our friends at SeaChoice have done a great job of incorporating measurable indicators of human and labor rights risk into their program. Read more in our recent case study.

As we embark on 2024, it's a moment to reflect on the incredible journey of the Blue Ports Initiative in 2023. Last year, we successfully organized four distinct capacity-building workshops: an international workshop in Morocco focusing on city-port relationships, a regional workshop in Ecuador on traceability for Latin America, a national workshop in Argentina on blue ports, and an insightful online webinar on national action plans in connection with Glo Litter. Key milestones include the publication of a roadmap for becoming a blue port and our collaborative effort in the UN Global Compact's guidance publication for ports. Our engagement extended to supporting capacity-building processes in Colombia and the blue ports project in São Tomé and Príncipe with the African Development Bank. We also actively participated in the COFI-FT Bergen side event and the KMI International Conference on Fishing Villages in Korea. Our discussions with various organizations, AfDB, SALT, AIVP, IAPH, WB, and member countries have been crucial, focusing on technical and funding support. This progress wouldn't have been possible without the unwavering support of Spain, including Secretaria de Pesca, Puertos del Estado, Xunta de Galicia, and Puerto de Vigo. Their commitment has been a cornerstone of our success. As we move into 2024, we look forward to continuing our mission with various planned activities, ever grateful for the continuous support that makes our work possible. Here's to another year of impactful collaboration and sustainable growth!

🐟 💻 ⚡ Calling for IT consultants with experience in the fishing or seafood industry! 🐟 💻 ⚡ Our friend at Community Catch is seeking an IT consultant to help them develop a self-assessment web platform. Learn more from the link below and apply by October 20th! #IT #Hiring #Consultant #CoDesign #HumanCentricDesign #SmallScaleFishery #Seafood https://lnkd.in/gG-MTCs4

This excellent investigative reporting by Ian Urbina highlights the illegal labor and fishing activities enabled by a lack of transparency about vessel identity and movement. It further underscores the need for companies to not only know their vessels but to proactively monitor risks. https://zurl.co/BSmg #IUUfishing #OutLawOcean #transparency

It’s FishWise Day in Santa Cruz! This community has been our organization's wonderful, supportive home for 20 years. The sustainable seafood successes that we've advanced around the globe are thanks to the strong start we got here. Thanks, Santa Cruz, and happy FishWise Day! #NationalSeafoodMonth

Celebrating the 6-year run of SALT, the Seafood Alliance for Legality and Traceability. Congrats to FishWise, USAID, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and Walton Family Foundation. 🎉 It was an honor to launch this project during my time at FishWise, and it's been incredible to see how far-reaching and impactful it became under the leadership of Jenny Barker, Jennifer Kane, Sara G. Lewis and the many, many others that worked on this project. The SALT event recording can be found here: https://lnkd.in/epuQ6x7h

I am honored to have participated in this insightful event organized by Seafood Alliance for Legality and Traceability and FishWise, "Seafood Alliance for Traceability - Taking Stock and Next Steps". I participated in this all-female panel where we discussed the importance of traceability in a global seafood industry, inclusivity and accessibility to all stakeholders, including artisanal fishers and the crucial roles the government must take towards advancing transparency and traceability. Traceability is a necessary tool to ensure illegal fishing is kept out of the markets and to achieve sustainable and responsible management of fish stocks and, therefore, ensure healthy oceans and healthy and prosperous fishing communities. In Oceana we will continue working towards the approval and implementation of traceability regulations.