---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-010855"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BSFC"
cik: "0001730773"
company_name: "Blue Star Foods Corp."
filed_at: "2022-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T05:05:24.448908+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blue Star Foods adds 2 directors, appoints COO, expands board to 7

## Summary
- Miozotis Ponce appointed COO, effective April 19, 2022; previously VP of Operations since 2012.
- Board expanded from 5 to 7; Silvia Alana (CFO) and Juan Carlos Dalto (Dole exec) joined on April 20.
- All 7 directors signed 1-year service agreements with annual stock grants and 5-year options for 25k shares at $2, vesting quarterly.
- Company states it now satisfies Nasdaq Rule 5605(f) requiring at least two diverse directors.
- Dalto brings 30+ years in consumer goods and food; Alana has 10+ years in accounting and audit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-010855
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BSFC
- cik: 0001730773
- company_name: Blue Star Foods Corp.
- filed_at: 2022-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730773/000149315222010855/0001493152-22-010855-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730773/000149315222010855/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-010855
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-010855.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-010855.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Silvia Alana was appointed as Director at Blue Star Foods Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: effective as of April 20, 2022, Silva Alana and Juan Carlos Dalto were appointed directors to fill the vacancies created by such increase.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730773/000149315222010855/0001493152-22-010855-index.htm
- Executive change
  Juan Carlos Dalto was appointed as Director at Blue Star Foods Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: effective as of April 20, 2022, Silva Alana and Juan Carlos Dalto were appointed directors to fill the vacancies created by such increase.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730773/000149315222010855/0001493152-22-010855-index.htm
- Executive change
  Miozotis Ponce was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Blue Star Foods Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: appointed Miozotis Ponce as Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730773/000149315222010855/0001493152-22-010855-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.