Sustainable Fishing
At the Forefront of Sustainable Fishing Since 1986
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Sustainability Accomplishments

- Developed World’s First Electronic Seafood Traceability System
- 1st Company to Support End-to-End Seafood Transparency
World’s First Tuna Fishery Improvement Project – Marshall Islands/ Micronesia
- World Wildlife Fund Collaboration – Tuna Fishery Improvement in Vietnam
Nature Conservancy Collaboration – Indonesia’s 1st National Fishery Improvement (snapper/grouper FIP)
Making our Industry led Tuna C-FIP’s MSC Certified
Awards

- Hawaii State Employer of the Year
- Seafood Champion for Seafood Sustainability – SeaWeb Seafood Summit
Publications & Videos

UndercurrentNews – Electronic Traceability in Indonesia
The Guardian –Sustainable Fishing & Climate Change
Seafood Source – Sustainable Harvesting Practices in the Philippines
National Public Radio – Traceability System a Solution for Seafood (Video)
- CoopeSolidar, Costa Rica – Seafood Industry Transparency (Video)
- Seafood Source – Snapper & Grouper Fishery Improvement Project
- Seafood Source – Norpac vows not to buy immature snapper & grouper
- Seafood Source – Rethinking Supply Chains & Traceability
Nature Conservancy (Cover) – Counting on Fish
Associations

- Blue Water Fisherman’s Association
2010
Norpac becomes one of the first companies to support electronic traceability and transparency by linking with Trace Register, a database management company, to support end-to-end seafood transparency
2011
Developed world’s first industry led Comprehensive Tuna Fishery Improvement Project (C-FIP) in the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia
2012
Awarded ‘Seafood Champion‘ at the Hong Kong SeaWeb Seafood Summit, an international award given to those making a difference in seafood sustainability
2012
2014
2015
UndercurrentNews publishes an article about Thomas Kraft and electronic traceability in Indonesia
2015
Norpac’s Thomas Kraft and writer Sissel Waage publish an article in the Guardian about sustainable fishing and climate change