Julie Kuchepatov

Julie Kuchepatov is the founder of Seafood and Gender Equality (SAGE), where she promotes gender equality in the global seafood sector. She has expertise in two global movements: sustainable seafood and fair trade.

She has spent her career working directly with a variety of stakeholders in the seafood sector to address some of the most pressing environmental and social challenges in global seafood production. Her career in fisheries and conservation began in the remote Russian Arctic in 1994 as part of a team running one of the most successful Atlantic salmon sport fishing lodges in the world.