Aquaculture UK 2026 brings together the people, technologies and ideas shaping the future of global aquaculture, and LRQA is proud to be part of the conversation.
As the industry navigates growing complexity around sustainability, traceability, regulation and resilience, LRQA is reinforcing its commitment to the seafood sector with the appointment of Melanie Siggs as Global Head of Seafood.
Welcoming Melanie Siggs as Global Head of Seafood
Melanie brings more than two decades of international seafood leadership experience spanning aquaculture, fisheries, responsible sourcing and seafood supply chains. She joins LRQA following more than 14 years as a strategic adviser to the Global Seafood Alliance, alongside senior leadership roles across the global blue food sector.
She currently serves as Chair of Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability (FIS), Non-Executive Director of Cefas and Honorary Professor at Heriot-Watt University, positions she will continue to hold alongside her new role at LRQA.
As Global Head of Seafood, Melanie will lead LRQA’s global seafood strategy across aquaculture, wild capture fisheries and end-to-end seafood supply chains, supporting clients as expectations around sustainability, traceability, labour standards and responsible sourcing continue to evolve.
“Seafood sits at the centre of some of the world’s biggest opportunities and challenges around food systems, resilience and trust,” said Melanie. “I’m excited to join LRQA at a time when assurance is evolving beyond historic proof of compliance to become a strategic tool that helps businesses build confidence, resilience and value in responsible seafood systems.”
Join Melanie Siggs on the keynote stage on Wednesday 17 June at 12:30
Shaping a resilient, fit-for-the-future system, together
Food systems, including aquaculture, are trying to operate appropriately and effectively under multiple pressure and through a period of sustained uncertainty. Climate impacts, geopolitical disruption, volatile operating costs and evolving regulatory expectations are reshaping how the sector manages risk while public awareness of animal welfare, feed, and environmental impacts has never been higher.
In this keynote session, Melanie Siggs, Global Head of Seafood at LRQA, will discuss how the new generation of assurance can build greater resilience and trust, through more connected, transparent and collaborative approaches – and how this shift can help the industry adapt to increasing complexity.
The session will look at how businesses across the seafood value chain can co-develop more agile systems that strengthen confidence in product integrity, operational performance and responsible practices, while supporting long-term sector growth.
Melanie will explore how assurance can evolve beyond snapshots in time towards more responsive systems that reflect the realities of today’s risk environment and the expectations of customers, consumers, investors and regulators.
The session will include an interactive Q&A with the audience.
Meet the LRQA seafood team in Glasgow
With more than 30 years of seafood assurance expertise and experience assessing over 100 species of seafood across a range of industry standards, LRQA supports organisations across aquaculture, fisheries and seafood supply chains with certification, due diligence and risk analysis solutions that help build consumer trust, protect brand reputation and strengthen responsible practices.
Whether you are looking to strengthen supply chain resilience, enhance seafood assurance programmes or navigate evolving sustainability expectations, LRQA’s experts will be on hand at stand B90 throughout Aquaculture UK 2026 to discuss the challenges and opportunities shaping the sector.
We look forward to connecting with you as we help shape the future of responsible seafood systems together.