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Exploring Sustainable Seafood

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This Virtual Lecture Series will feature scientists and experts who will discuss the big picture of sustainable seafood and its role in and relationship with climate change, nutrition, livelihoods, policy, society, and more.

Exploring Sustainable Seafood

Virtual Event
Virtual
Event

This Virtual Lecture Series will feature scientists and experts who will discuss the big picture of sustainable seafood and its role in and relationship with climate change, nutrition, livelihoods, policy, society, and more.

Filet of fish with salsa and Seafood for the Future logo

Choosing and supporting policies and practices that promote responsible seafood can have significant environmental and health benefits, but for many finding and navigating through the sometimes conflicting information can be challenging. Overfishing and other harmful fishing practices, escapes and diseases from farmed seafood, and poor regulation of some seafood sources are just some of the many concerns that consumers face when choosing responsible seafood. All of these issues are important, but do they tell the whole story of seafood and the choices that are available?

This fall the Aquarium’s Seafood for the Future (SFF) program will host a special virtual panel series to explore sustainable seafood. The series will feature scientists and experts who will discuss the big picture of sustainable seafood and its role in and relationship with climate change, nutrition, livelihoods, policy, society, and more. Panelists will also explore responsible seafood farming, or marine aquaculture, as a tool to sustainably expand our seafood supply.

Looking for the Live Q&A?
November 19, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. PT

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For the rest of the series, please see content below.

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COST
Free.

Session Topics and Speakers

fresh oyster platter

Credit: Seafood for the Future / Aquarium of the Pacific

Live Q&A
November 19, 2020

Tune in live to ask a panel of leading experts about sustainable seafood in a special Q&A event on Thursday, Nov.19th at 1pm PT. Panelists from our Exploring Sustainable Seafood series will be on hand to answer questions about the series and general questions about sustainable seafood and responsible aquaculture. Didn’t watch the series? No problem! This is a great opportunity to ask leading experts your questions about sustainable seafood, including: ecosystem interactions, seafood in the changing climate, seafood and food and nutrition systems, spatial analysis and marine aquaculture siting, seafood policy and regulation, certifications, and much more.

Ask your questions on YouTube during the event or on Twitter and Instagram any time before the live event. Just tag us @seafoodfuture and use #AskSeafood. NOTE: This is a live event. We cannot guarantee responses for questions posted after 2:00 p.m. PT on November 19, 2020.

Tune in Live on YouTube

Hand holding sushi with chopsticks

Sustainable Seafood: The Head, the Tail, and the Whole Darn Story
October 13, 2020

  • Robert Jones, The Nature Conservancy
  • Michael Tlusty, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Boston
  • Peter Tyedmers, PhD, Dalhousie University (Canada)
Several hands reaching for a family-style salmon meal

Credit: Adobe Stock

Seafood’s Role in Our Food Systems and Nutrition
October 15, 2020

  • Jessica Gephart, PhD, American University
  • Dave Little, PhD, University of Stirling (Scotland)
Kelp on a boat

Credit: Cindy Sandoval, NOAA Fisheries Office of Aquaculture

Seafood Farming and Climate Change: Friend or Foe?
October 20, 2020

  • Heidi Alleway, PhD University of Adelaide (Australia)
  • Rebecca Gentry, PhD, Florida State University
  • Dane Klinger, PhD, Conservation International
Island with blue water

Credit: Seafood for the Future / Aquarium of the Pacific

Location, Location, Location! Can Location Choices Prevent Seafood Farming Catastrophes?
October 22, 2020

  • Rebecca Gentry, PhD, Florida State University
  • Sarah Lester, PhD, Florida State University
  • James Morris, PhD, NOAA National Ocean Service
Boat

Credit: Taylor Shellfish

Will U.S. Regulations Prevent a Seafood Farming Apocalypse?
October 27, 2020

  • Sean McNally, University of Massachusetts, Boston
  • Stephanie Otts, JD/M.S.E.L, National Sea Grant Law Center, University of Mississippi School of Law
  • Nicola Ulibarri, PhD, University of California, Irvine
fishing vessel at dock

Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Farmed versus Wild: Will Farmed Seafood Push Fishers out of Business?
October 29, 2020

  • Frank Asche, PhD, University of Florida
  • Doug Lipton, PhD, NOAA Fisheries
  • Cathy Roheim, PhD, University of Idaho
Sailing vessels in port

Credit: Adobe Stock

Not in My Backyard! How Communities Impact the Future of Seafood Farming
November 3, 2020

  • Suzi Billing, PhD, Scottish Association for Marine Science (Scotland)
  • Paul Dobbins, World Wildlife Fund
  • Luke Fairbanks, PhD, University of Southern Mississippi
salmon in the water

Seafood Farming: Not Just for Salt Water
November 5, 2020

  • Carole Engle, Engle-Stone Aquatic$ LLC, Adjunct Faculty, VA Seafood AREC, Virginia Tech University
  • Gary Fornshell, Extension Professor Emeritus University of Idaho, Aquaculture Results LLC.
Divers in an fish pen

Credit: Blue Ocean Mariculture

How Science and Innovation are Improving Seafood Farming
November 10, 2020

  • David Fredriksson, PhD, US Naval Academy
  • Christopher Oakes, NovoNutrients
  • Tyler Sclodnick, Innovasea
"FISH MARKET" wall

Credit: Seafood for the Future

Who’s Responsible for Putting the ‘Sustainable’ in Sustainable Seafood?
November 12, 2020

  • Danielle Blacklock, NOAA Fisheries Office of Aquaculture
  • Rob Johnson, SeaPact
  • Dick Jones, Blue Ocean Mariculture

EVENT DETAILS

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Cost
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