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Women are catching, raising, processing, transporting, selling, marketing, and cooking seafood, as well as being the supportive partners of people who work in the industry and running those households. Plus, they’re saving threatened aquatic ecosystems so we’ll have a future with seafood in it. Yet, their contributions often go unrecognized and undervalued, creating a severe lack of equality and equity in everything from leadership roles to the gender pay gap. (Even while creating this post, we had a conversation about how there’s such limited data on women, which is critical to assessing what’s wrong and how it can be fixed.) That’s why we’re here at SAGE—our goal is to create a more inclusive, equitable sector. If women and genderqueer people were to have their work and voices uplifted and amplified, the industry and the planet would THRIVE beyond measure. And that’s why all of October (aka: 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛!), we’ll be talking about seaweed, oysters, tinned fish, and how they wouldn’t reach your plate without the hard work of incredible women. So stay tuned next week as we dive into sea greens with Cameron Moore, our Program Analyst! #NationalSeafoodMonth #WomenInSeafood #SDG5 #GenderEquality #SeafoodSector #SeafoodIndustry #SeafoodMonth