1. RFM CERTIFICATION PROGRAM UPDATE All Hands October 2018

2. RFM Update Overview Transition Outreach Rewrite of QMS
New Fishery Standard
GSSI

3. Outreach RFM Workshop at Brussels Seafood Show - 4/18 Walmart - 2/18
Amendment 80 Group – 5/18
AK Crab Foundation – 5/18
Tokyo International Symposium – 6/18
GOAL Conference – 9/18
RFM Workshop at PME/2018
Walmart - 2/18
UFA Spring Board Mtg - 2/18
Association of Sustainable Fisheries (subgroup) - 3/18
GAA - 3/18
PSPA Board - 3/18
Association of Sustainable Fisheries (full group) - 4/18

4. QMS Rewrite Issued Version 4.0 in December 2017 Key Change:
Desktop reviews instead of on-site audits for annual surveillances; results in reducing fishery certification costs by average of 20%
Onboarded CBs and ABs
Multiple training programs

5. Fisheries Standard Version 2.0
Version 2.0 approved 2017 with implementation mid-2018
Onboarding of CBs and ABs:
ANSI, INAB, DNV, SAI Global, independent assessors
Training Covered:
FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
FAO Guidelines for Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries
Overview of Alaska RFM program
Version 1.3 and 2.0 Standards, Guidance and checklists
Overview of roles and responsibilities for carrying out assessments

6. Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative
GSSI is a global, multi-stakeholder initiative to streamline seafood purchasing decisions while promoting sustainability
AK RFM 1st to achieve GSSI recognition in July 2016!
Value of GSSI increases with more recognized programs!
One of the most important things to happen to the seafood certification landscape in the last 5+ years has been GSSI
- GSSI stands for Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative
GSSI is NOT a standard
GSSI is not an ecolabel
Initiative started in 2011 & AK has been actively involved from the beginning
RFM Pilot Audit Completed: June 2015
Final Benchmark Tool Launched: Oct 2015
Full Audit Completed Feb 2016 / 30-day Public Comment ended April 10th
Formal recognition announcement July 2016
Iceland recognized in November 2016 / MSC recognized in March 2017 / GAA just announced October 2017!

7. Funding Partnership Growth
(initial): 23
2016: 29
2017: 40
2018: 72 (9 still to be announced)

8. Modified Procurement Policies
5 of top 10 global food retailers
Continued growth
So, the biggest impacts of GSSI…..and exactly what we want to be seeing…..is retailers modifying their procurement policies to recognize those certification programs that have been successfully benchmarked. These are some of them and the list is growing.
A BIG one was Walmart who came out earlier this year with their public statement of support and modification to their sourcing policy.

9. Examples of Modified Policies

10. Thank you Questions?