This is a wonderful opportunity to help develop a best practice #seafood traceability tool to digitally and consistently collect animal welfare data in both aquaculture and fisheries! We are proud to be leading this collaborative initiative. #seafood #seafoodtraceability #aquaticanimalwelfare
#GDST are calling for participants from the seafood sector and associated stakeholders to engage in an important dialogue about the potential addition of new Key Data Elements (KDEs) to the GDST Standard! The Aquatic Life Institute has presented an expansion framework to GDST, exploring the feasibility of leveraging the GDST standard to create a common language and interoperability for Animal Welfare data across seafood supply chains — including both Wild Capture and Aquaculture products. Animal welfare in the seafood industry is increasingly in the spotlight, driven by both legislation and growing consumer demand. According to recent research: - 79% of European citizens believe that fish welfare should be better protected and treated the same as other animals in the food supply chain. (ComRes Survey, 2018) - Almost 80% of Latin American consumers would choose animal welfare-certified products if available. (World Animal Protection, 2016) GDST is a not-for-profit foundation that operates a global standard to support data transfer, ensuring credibility and traceability across the seafood supply chain. However, before any additions are made to the standard, GDST will be hosting a far-reaching dialogue process that provides all partners and stakeholders an opportunity to review and comment on potential new additions. We encourage all seafood industry stakeholders to be part of this crucial conversation and help shape the future of animal welfare standards in the sector. More information? Please contact Mike.Platt@thegdst.org if you would like to participate or know more about this expansion framework dialogue. #SeafoodSustainability #AnimalWelfare #GDST #Aquaculture #WildCapture #SupplyChainTransparency
