Waterside Chat with Jen Levin of True Fin

[Recorded July 27, 2022]

Jen Levin, the president of sustainable seafood supplier True Fin, joined Waterside Chat host Tom Sadler on Wednesday, July 27th for a lively and wide-ranging conversation about the seafood industry in the Gulf of Maine and much more. They discussed:

• How True Fin buys directly from more than 35 fishing boats in three states
• How high-quality fish-handling processes open new markets for seafood from the Gulf of Maine
• What the Japanese word ikejime means and why it’s relevant to their work
• How climate change is altering Gulf of Maine ecosystems, and why it means that the fishing industry needs to diversify into areas like under-utilized fin fish. Could lobsters eventually disappear from the Gulf?
• How new approaches could help smaller fisheries compete with massive seafood imports