The movement toward ocean-friendly seafood is moving "at lightning speed," driven to a large degree by consumers who want to know what's on their plate, the president of ocean conservation group SeaWeb said Monday at the opening of an international seafood conference in Vancouver.
And that has pushed sustainability to key importance in the seafood industry, SeaWeb president Dawn Martin said at a news briefing on the first day of the three-day conference on sustainable ocean harvesting.
The corporate presence, and corporate concerns over conservation issues that as recently as a few years ago drew only nongovernmental organizations, were evident at the conference, dubbed Seafood Summit.
The prime sponsor for the three-day event is Canadian seafood giant High Liner Foods, sharing the podium with NGOs like the David Suzuki Foundation and the Fairtrade Foundation.
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