Bringing origin and quality assurance in the shrimping industry to a whole new level, Florida’s Wood’s Fisheries raises the bar by promoting electronic traceability, sustainability and quality initiatives for all Gulf seafood.
For five generations the Wood’s family has been fishing the Port St. Joe area, located near Panama City. They moved strictly into shrimp fishing in the 1960’s.
“Since the 1850’s we have made huge steps within the sustainability movement,” said Reese Antley, the company’s vice-president of operations. “From the very beginning we have believed in doing the right thing while fishing the Gulf, now it has a formal term – sustainability.”
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