February 15, 2021 — Leading seafood companies across the globe – and the supply chain – have come together to issue a statement urging the rest of the industry and governments to take action on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The statement, organized by five major industry collaborations, calls on the seafood industry to adopt the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) standard, and for governments to ratify the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA).
November 4, 2020 — Traceable and reliable seafood is crucial in helping businesses and stakeholders across the seafood sector retain their competitive edge in today’s industry. Companies participating in the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) – and the committee of seafood stakeholders steering it – know this well.
Launched in April 2017, GDST was established as a business-to-business forum with the core mandate of crafting a set of industry-wide traceability standards for seafood that would both enable interoperability as well as increase verifiability of products across sector systems.