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ALASKA��S
LEADERSHIP IN
SUSTAINABILITY
FACT:
��� Alaska is committed to preserving wild seafood for future generations to enjoy.
��� Since 1959, the Alaska State Constitution has mandated management of ���shery resources
on the sustained yield principle - the only state in the country with such explicit
conservation language.
��� The Alaska seafood industry is the state��s largest employer, providing over 70,000 jobs.
��� Beyond the constitutional mandate, Alaska��s salmon, halibut, black-cod, pollock and crab
���sheries are independently, third-party certi���ed to the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization��s (FAO) Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) and Guidelines
for Eco-labelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries.
��� This internationally recognized standard was developed with the participation of the world��s
leading ���shery biologists, environmental organizations and ���shery managers representing
more than seventy countries.
��� The RFM utilizes a certi���er who is accredited to the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO). That means this model is veri���able and transparent.
��� Continuous improvement is built into the governance structure in Alaska.
��� Alaska sets the standard for science-based precautionary resource management:
- NO stocks threatened or endangered
- NO species of Alaska seafood has ever been listed as endangered under the
Endangered Species Act
ACT:
��2012 ASMI
To learn more about the Alaska FAO-based Responsible Fisheries Management Certi���cation or
how the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute can help you in your promotion of Alaska seafood,
call us at 1-800-806-2497 or visit www.alaskaseafood.org