Sustainability
Our Commitment to Sustainability
We combine expertise with integrity to deliver ethical, quality seafood products.Certified Fisheries & Farms
- Our products benefit from Santa Monica Seafood’s 80 years of experience in responsible seafood sourcing
- Company philosophy reflects generations of involvement in fisheries around the world
- Over 60 species from fully certified sources Founding members of the Sustainable Seafood Forum and seek out suppliers and fishermen who share our philosophy
- Actively work with NGOs on the development of our responsible sourcing programs e.g., The Marine Stewardship Council, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Aquaculture Certification Council (BAP), Global G.A.P, Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), WWF
Community Support Initiative (CSI) - Our Environmental Commitments
We work closely with our colleagues at FishWise to vet and select CSI funding recipients. FishWise promotes the health and recovery of ocean ecosystems by providing innovative market-based tools to the seafood industry. The organization supports sustainability through environmentally responsible business practices while helping us stay connected to the projects we fund. To learn more about FishWise, visit their website.
sea pact
In addition to our work with the CSI, Santa Monica Seafood is a founding member of Sea Pact; an alliance formed between eleven of the leading, like-minded Seafood Distributors in North America. This unprecedented alliance is a first of its kind in the seafood industry. To learn more about the work Sea Pact is doing, visit their website.
The key to our program is participation. That means we are engaged not just with issues of sustainability but also actively engaged in educating both our customers and vendor network relative to the issues the seafood industry needs to courageously face.
CSI funding also helps Santa Monica Seafood identify, qualify and verify new (and existing) suppliers. We are vested in making sure that every entity with which we do business shares our commitment to food safety, supply integrity and sustainable practices. Such investment in the supply side of the equation provides both continual assessment as well as gaining valuable insights we can, in turn, pass along to our customers.
