Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit 2024

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Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit 2024

Screenshot 2024-10-04 at 10.34.34.pngThe Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit (TSSS) which front-runners of seafood sustainability get together from all over the world will be held from 8th to 10th October, 2024.

The TSSS will celebrate its 10th anniversary, and we will discuss the latest seafood industry's issues, such as, IUU fisheries, and human rights abuses, and share the vision for the next ten years.

Registration will be open on 5th June, 2024. Please save your date and meet your peers in Tokyo!

In 2024, We are holding the 10th of the Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit (TSSS). Over the past decade, the landscape has changed dramatically in Japan.

Historic legislative reforms were made, including the first major amendments in 70 years to the Fisheries Act and the enactment of the Act on Ensuring the Proper Domestic Distribution and Importation of Specified Aquatic Animals and Plants.

Many leading distributors and retailers have established sustainable procurement policies. Moreover, ESG (environment, social, and governance) investment has been gathering momentum in the seafood sector.

Yet still, risks–illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing which accelerates biodiversity loss and fisheries-resource depletion, and human rights violations–prevail in the global seafood industry.

Japan holds the key to solving these issues. Not only is it the world’s third-largest seafood importer, it is also home to the headquarters of world-leading seafood companies. In order to revitalize Japanese seafood industries and guide them toward sustainable growth, it is crucial that Japan, a central player in the global supply chain, actively exerts global leadership.

From TSSS2024 onward, we will commit ourselves to our new goal for 2030, “Making sustainable seafood the mainstream in the Japanese seafood market”.

Together, let’s take action for the future of Japan, Asia, and the world.

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