FishWise and the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability Partner to Advance Electronic Seafood Traceability

June 6, 2024 FishWise

The newly announced partnership aims to promote the implementation of interoperable, digitized traceability systems and the adoption of the GDST standard across public and private sectors. This collaboration could empower regulators and governments to support more standardized, transparent, and responsible seafood supply chains. 

Tuna Transparency: FishWise and Hy-Vee Improve Vessel-Level Data Capabilities

May 2, 2024 FishWise

Hy-Vee Inc. and FishWise publicly released data about the grocer’s tuna supply chains. In contrast to previous iterations of this transparency activity, the data is now being run through a powerful new FishWise risk assessment tool, the Vessel Risk Dashboard. The analytics on the Vessel Risk Dashboard provide Hy-Vee with greater insight than ever on how and where to engage its supply chain to address risks for illegal fishing activities and social issues.

Seafood Alliance Urges Businesses to Accelerate Human Rights and Environmental Safeguards Across Supply Chains

In the wake of new investigations uncovering forced labor in the seafood sector in India, China, and North Korea, a leading industry group is urging supermarkets, restaurants, and other businesses to accelerate efforts to eradicate human and labor rights abuses from their supply chains. 

FishWise and Seafood Legacy Renewed Partnership to Promote Human Right Due Diligence in Seafood Supply Chains

March 13, 2024 FishWise 

Sustainable seafood organizations Seafood Legacy and FishWise renewed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) during the 2024 Seafood Expo North America in Boston, USA. This ongoing partnership will continue to strengthen responsible business practices regarding human and labor rights in the Japanese seafood industry.

FishWise and Hy-Vee Continue Groundbreaking Tuna Fishing Vessel Transparency Efforts

May 2, 2023 FishWise 

For the second year in a row, Hy-Vee Inc. and FishWise, a non-profit sustainable seafood consultancy, have completed a tuna fishing vessel transparency activity. Tuna are harvested globally, often in remote ocean regions where illegal fishing and human and labor rights abuses can occur without detection. The fishing vessel transparency activity is designed to shed light on the complexity of the company’s fresh, frozen, and canned tuna assortments.