The following is a guest opinion by Dick Jones, CEO of Tidepoint Group, a consultancy focused on ocean health, food security, and responsible aquaculture. Jones also currently serves as vice president of the Northwest Aquaculture Alliance (NWAA).
It’s time for the seafood industry to take a stand.
For too long, we’ve treated aquaculture as someone else’s battle, someone else’s investment, someone else’s controversy, someone else’s responsibility. But the truth is, if we care about the future of seafood in the United States, we must collectively support the responsible growth of US-based aquaculture.
If you work in seafood and haven’t been paying close attention to what’s happening in Washington state, the time has come to tune in. Because what is transpiring there is a warning shot to the entire US aquaculture sector and to the future of American seafood…