Seafood Choices to Reveal Seafood Champions, Discuss IUU at Boston Seafood Show

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Seafood Choices is hosting two events to highlight the need for sustainability in the seafood industry at the upcoming International Boston Seafood Show to be held March 20 to 22.

At a private reception on Sunday, March 20, Seafood Choices will announce the winning 2011 Seafood Champions. Seafood Champions is an annual award given to leaders of the international seafood industry. Selected from more than 50 nominees, the 2011 Seafood Champion finalists were announced at the Seafood Summit in January. They are:

• Robert Clark, Executive Chef, C Restaurant and Harry Kambolis, CEO, Kambolis Group, Vancouver, Canada
• Phil Gibson, Seafood Group Director, Safeway Inc., California, United States
• Dune Lankard, Founder & Chairman, Eyak Preservation Council Alaska, United States
• Steve Phillips, President and CEO, Phillips Foods and Seafood Restaurant Maryland, United States
• Olivier Roellinger, Vice President, Relais & Châteaux Paris, France
• Peter Weeden, Chef, Paternoster Chop House London, United Kingdom
• Falmouth Fishselling Co., Cornwall, United Kingdom
• Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association Olympia, Washington, United States

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Seafood Choices will also host a panel for all Boston Seafood Show attendees about illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing on Tuesday, March 22, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. During the past decade, the incidence of IUU fishing has grown at an alarming rate and irresponsible fishing activities undermine efforts to manage fisheries properly.As fisheries provide an important source of food, employment, income and recreation for people throughout the world and IUU fishing diminishes the resources for the millions of people who depend upon seafood for their livelihoods, this is a critical issue to be addressed. The panel will include speakers from the Environmental Justice Foundation, NOAA and SeaWeb.

Learn more about Seafood Choices’ work on IUU >>
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