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
2016
Norpac supports artisanal fishery company Blue You in the Philippines in support of fishers working toward sustainable harvesting practices
2016
The Lexicon of Sustainability, in coordination with National Public Radio, published a video highlighting our traceability system a solution for seafood
2016
2016
Norpac’s Thomas Kraft participates in the international lab to develop initiatives around sustainable management of the world’s oceans
2018
Norpac’s Thomas Kraft is featured on the cover of The Nature Conservancy magazine, as part of their featured article Counting on Fish
2018
CoopeSolidar, a local NGO in Costa Rica publishes a video on work by Thomas Kraft, with support from Fauna and Flora International to promote artisanal fisheries through infrastructure development, including electronic traceability by Insite Solutions, founded by Thomas Kraft to assist the seafood industry in becoming transparent and accountable.
2019
Our industry-led Tuna C-FIP’s become MSC Certified
2019
Seafood Source publishes an article about the Snapper and Grouper Fishery Improvement Project started by The Nature Conservancy and Norpac’s Thomas Kraft
2019
Norpac vows not to buy immature snapper and grouper from Indonesia
2019
Thomas Kraft speaks to industry, rethinking supply chains and traceability from an accountant’s perspective
1986
1998
2001
2004
2006
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
2016
Norpac supports artisanal fishery company Blue You in the Philippines in support of fishers working toward