April 30, 2021 — A recent benchmarking study by WSI, the International Association for Women in the Seafood Industry, found that seafood supply companies underperform significantly when it comes to gender equality compared to public-facing companies in retail, foodservice, and hospitality.
The organization has long suspected that there is disparity within the supply chain in the way that seafood companies relate to and act upon gender issues, WSI Executive Director Marie Christine Monfort told SeafoodSource.