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A Look at Women in Top Seafood Management on International Women’s Day

March 8, 2021 — Monday, March 8 marks International Women’s Day. To celebrate, we’re taking a look at women in top seafood management roles.

This past October the International Organisation for Women in the Seafood Industry (WSI) compiled data on how many women have leadership positions in the seafood industry. The study was only the third time that WSI had compiled data, but according to their findings, in 2020 women at top positions (including executives and board) grew to 14%, which is the “highest ever recorded.”

Read the full story at Seafood News

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