March 6, 2020 — Alaska’s Atka mackerel and rockfish fisheries have achieved Alaska Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) certification.
The Alaska RFM was created by the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) in 2010, and in 2016, the scheme became the first to be benchmarked by the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative.
October 12th, 2016 — The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) announced that the Alaska cod fishery successfully completed its third annual surveillance audit against the Alaska Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) certification.
Each year, an RFM certified fishery is audited against the standard. The audit reviews any changes to the fishery’s management structure that occurred since the last time the fishery was audited. The Alaskan cod fishery was originally certified against the RFM standard in April 2013.
These audits verify that any changes to an RFM certified fishery fall within the scheme’s criteria. The surveillance assessment was conducted according to the Global Trust Certification procedures for Alaska Responsible Fisheries Management Certification using the Alaska RFM Standard V1.2 fundamental clauses as the assessment framework.
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