SUSTAINABILITY
Pollock Conservation Cooperative
Since its inception in 1999, the Pollock Conservation Cooperative (PCC) has reduce over - capacity and increased efficiency in the Eastern Bering Sea catcher/processor fleet. This has enabled participants to produce 50% more fish products on a per pound basis than the fleet produced in 1998 under the pre - PCC “race for fish.”
Third Party Certifications
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Certified Seafood International
A third-party program certifying the environmentally responsible management of wild-capture fisheries.
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Marine Stewardship Council
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Authorized Client Companies
Companies authorized to sell CSI and MSC Certified Alaska Pollock from the BSAI and GOA Pollock Fisheries.
Certified Seafood International (CSI) is a third-party Program certifying The Environmentally resPonsible Management of wild-capture fisheries
Benchmarked by the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI), CSI audits fishery management against a clear and rigorous fishery Standard grounded in the globally recognized guidance of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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Fisheries are independently assessed and scored against a set of criteria, and must meet these criteria in order to become certified. Certification is valid for five years with annual surveillance audits.
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CSI maintains two GSSI-benchmarked certification standards:
The CSI Fishery Standard
The Unified CSI Chain of Custody Standard (CoC)
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Organizations in the supply chain must undergo a Chain of Custody audit to receive their CoC certification, which is valid for three years with annual surveillance audits.
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CSI lays out the following assessment and reassessment stages.
At-sea Processors Association is the fishery client for the certification of Alaska pollock under the Certified Seafood International program.
CSI currently maintains RFM Fisheries Standard 2.0, which focuses on six key principles of evaluation including:
1.) the fisheries management system
2.) science and stock assessment activities
3.) the precautionary approach
4.) management measures
5.) implementation, monitoring and control
6.) serious impacts of the fishery on the ecosystem.
The Alaska pollock fishery was first certified to the then-RFM Program in 2011, with successful re-certification occurring in 2017 and 2023. The current third party fishery certification body responsible for the Alaska pollock assessment is DNV. For further details on the CSI program and to view recent certification documents and certificates for the Alaska pollock fishery, CLICK HERE.