ANNUALREPORT2016

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TRANSITION TO SUPPLY CHAIN ROUNDTABLES

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A MESSAGE FROM THE CEO AND FOUNDER

4A MESSAGE FROM THE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

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A YEAR IN REVIEW: SFP IN 201614

TAKING IT TO THE INDUSTRY: SFP FORUMS IN 2016

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TACKLING TRANSPARENCY WITH THE ODP

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MANAGING IT ALL: SR NEWS FOR 201622

REAL TIME: NEW IN SYSTEMS IN 201626

OUR PARTNERS

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FINANCIALS

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WHO WE ARE

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TRANSITION TO
SUPPLY CHAIN
ROUNDTABLES
SINCE ITS EARLIEST DAYS IN 2006,
SFP HAS CHAMPIONED THE CAUSE
OF INDUSTRY-DRIVEN PROGRESSTOWARD SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD
PRODUCTION WORLDWIDE.

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SFP was the first NGO to create and encourage the useof fishery improvement partnership (now projects, or FIPs).
To this day, we are proud of our involvement, along withthat of our dedicated corporate partners, with successful
improvement projects.
Over the years, as the popularity of FIPs and their companion
aquaculture improvement projects (AIPs) began to swell, theresulting unintended consequence was that commitments
piled up at a rate that could overwhelm even the mostdedicated industry stakeholder. To remedy this, SFP helped
develop the concept of the Supply Chain Roundtable (SR),which allows for multiple stakeholders to review and support
related FIPs at once, consolidating what could otherwise
be a daunting series of tasks.
Just before 2016, the SR concept took on a new meaning for
SFP. Jim Cannon, SFP’s founder and CEO, held a meeting in
December 2015 in the US with SFP’s SR liaisons and analysts
where he declared SFP was shifting its focus. Starting in 2016,
the organization would be turning even more of its attention
to SRs and the accomplishments of SR participants. The SR
concept, he said, needed to become a driving force for change.
As described in the following pages, 2016 was a year of major
accomplishments for SFP, especially in terms of this underlying
new commitment to SRs. Some of the benefits of this new
focus are still coming to fruition over a year after the initial
announcement, but everything SFP has done this year,
in one way or another, has been serving that ultimate purpose.

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A MESSAGE
FROM THE
CEO AND
FOUNDER

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SFP HAS A SIMPLE AIM: GET AS
MUCH OF THE WORLD’S SEAFOOD
PRODUCTION INTO EFFECTIVEFISHERY AND AQUACULTURE
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS (FIPS
AND AIPS) AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
IN 2016 WE FOCUSED ON SUPPLYCHAIN ROUNDTABLES (SRS) AS THE
BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.

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SRs bring major international suppliers together
to cooperate pre-competitively in launching,assisting, and supporting multiple FIPs and AIPs.
One key role for SRs is to cooperate in identifying
and then engaging local influential seafood
companies and getting them to lead FIPs and
AIPs. Major international suppliers with long-termcommercial relationships with local seafood
producers are best placed to make the businesscase to local producers for why they should lead
FIPs and AIPs and become sustainable.
Virtually all FIPs and AIPs need to improve
regulation to become sustainable, and thisis why leadership by local influential companies
is so critical: only they can consistently generate
the political will to act year after year. Effective
FIPs and AIPs are those led by committed
local influential companies working together
at appropriate scale to engage policy makers
and improve the regulations and managementof fisheries and aquaculture zones.
In this annual report we highlight some of
the SRs SFP has been involved with and thepositive work those SR participants have done

throughout 2016. We also highlight other criticalwork SFP does behind the scenes, including
convening our partners in forums to share lessons
and build cooperation, developing analyses andreports that inform SRs and recommend priorities
for FIPs and AIPs, and promoting transparency
via the Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP).
All this work – SRs, ODP, reports, forums – is only
successful if together it delivers effective FIPs
and AIPs. In 2016, 15 new FIPs started publicly
reporting their activities and progress. The majority
were industry-led and made good progress. In
this report we describe a few FIPs and AIPs that
illustrate the importance of industry leadership andpre-competitive collaboration, from retailers and foodservice, international suppliers and local seafood
producers. I hope you enjoy this annual reportfrom SFP, and invite you to engage with us and ourpartners and collaborators
as we expand our efforts
to improve fisheries andaquaculture worldwide.

Jim Cannon

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A MESSAGE
FROM THECHAIRMANOF THE BOARD
ON BEHALF OF MY FELLOWBOARD MEMBERS,WELCOME TO SUSTAINABLEFISHERIES PARTNERSHIP’S
2016 ANNUAL REPORT.

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We’ve also put a lot of effort into planning our
new initiative – Target 75 – which we publicly
launched in June this year. The mission of Target
75 is that by 2020, 75 percent of world seafood
production in key sectors is – at a minimum –either sustainable or in a formal improvement
program making regular, verifiable improvements.
We hope this target will encourage key seafoodbuyers to create new FIPs and AIPs in key
sectors that still face sustainability challenges.
None of this important work would be possible
without the ongoing commitments andexceptional support from our patrons anddonors, as well as our capable and dedicatedstaff working worldwide, and to both groups

my fellow directors join me in offering our mostsincere gratitude and respect – obviously we
could not do this work without you.
I would also like to acknowledge the increasing
financial significance of the contributions we are
now receiving from many of our retail and othercommercial partners. These contributions are
not only vital to fund our work, they also show
to us that private-sector commercial players
increasingly understand they have a role to play
and responsibilities to discharge. That they value
our efforts is most gratifying.
Finally and critically I must thank our team.
We would be nothing without the extraordinaryand dedicated effort of the 65 diverse, creative,
professional, and good-humored optimists who
work for us in a dozen countries around the globe.
Being a virtual organization does not slow them down
one bit – at any time of any day, our team is working
on sustainability projects somewhere aroundthe world. The sun never sets on SFP. Our people
are all members of a global network of experts,
collectively committed to the cause of promoting
and encouraging sustainability
in the seafood industry.

Andrew G K Donaldson

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It’s been another excellent year for SFP and
the ongoing efforts of our partners to promotesustainable practices in global seafood supply
chains. Work continues on the Ocean Disclosure
Project, which we launched in the summer of2015 with five of our key partners – Asda (partof Walmart), Biomar, The Co-operative Food,
Morrisons, and Skretting. Each company now
publicly discloses the full list of fisheries theyuse for sourcing supplies, along with dataon stock sustainability. The project has alsoacquired a new partner, UK seafood supplier
Joseph Robertson, and we hope we will havemore to announce soon.

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A YEARIN REVIEW:
SFP IN 2016

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THIS YEAR HAS BROUGHT MANY CHANGES FOR SFP, WITH
NEW PARTNERS, EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS WITH IMPROVEMENTPROJECTS WORLDWIDE, AND INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOREVALUATING IMPROVEMENT TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF 2016:

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MARKING PROGRESSSFP keeps a close eye on fishery improvement
projects (FIPs) and aquaculture improvement
projects (AIPs) and is always pleased to reporton positive progress, anywhere in the world.
Here are some of the key developments SFP
noted this year.
In January, SFP cheered the release of a new
public report connected to a landmark tilapia
AIP in Hainan, China.
The report shows how an AIP based on theholistic approach of zonal aquaculture canhelp disease management, both on-farmand between neighbors.
“This AIP is the best example of a zonal AIP in theworld and also one that has strongly transitioned
from SFP to industry-led, with support of a local
NGO (China Blue), an international buyer (Fishin’Co.), and many key local industry leaders,” said
Anton Immink, SFP’s aquaculture director.
The project officially began in 2011, with SFP
working with producers in Hainan to find ways
to make their operations more sustainable.
A year later, SFP hosted its first successful

aquaculture policy roundtable, with key processors,
farmers, and seed and feed producers inattendance. Together, they established Hainan
Tilapia Sustainability Alliance, which continued theimprovement project work in the sector, with anincreasingly stronger role in maintaining the AIP.
In 2015, the Alliance issued the first version of its
Code of Good Practices (CoGP) for Hainan Tilapia
Farming, with technical assistance from the Pearl
River Institute of Aquaculture and Hainan University.
Now, 35 pilot farms are in the process ofadopting the code, with technicians working
with farmers on site. It is the first-ever regional
and industry-led initiative in China to promotesustainable aquaculture practices.
“Han Han, the CEO of the new China Blueand former SFP staffer, has taken lessons fromthe Scottish salmon industry and other leaders
to help steer the industry on a course towards
true sustainability,” Immink said.

“This AIP is the best example of a zonal
AIP in the world, and one that has strongly
transitioned from SFP to industry-led.”
ANTON IMMINK | AQUACULTURE DIRECTOR | SFP

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In February, SFP announced that a shrimp
fishery based in Sinaloa, Mexico, had earned
certification from Fair Trade USA after
demonstrating it had met the organization’s
standards for worker empowerment, local
economic development, social responsibility,and environmental stewardship.
The artisanal Sinaloa shrimp fishery generates
annual landings of 2 million pounds with a valueof $14 million. SFP has been working with thefishery in an improvement project since 2009,
collaborating with California-based Del Pacifico
Seafoods. Rather than using traditional trawlers,
the Sinaloa fishery employs small boats,called pangas, which burn less fuel and produce
less bycatch. The boats use special hand nets
that produce the lowest bycatch and fuelconsumption per pound of shrimp in the world.
Sergio Castro, President and founder of Del
Pacifico, said his company sought the certification
as a way to celebrate the incredible work of thefishermen. “We noticed other processors andshrimp importers were not informing consumers
and the industry of the good job these fishermen
are doing: developing a unique technique andgear that is good for the environment.”

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The Fair Trade program includes requirementsthat get more rigorous over the course of six
years, requiring applicant fisheries to meet specificcriteria concerning the protection of fundamental
human rights, wages and contracts, working
conditions, access to services, responsible fishingmethods, and product traceability. By earning thecertification, Sinaloa has become the first wild
shrimp fishery to be certified under the Fair Tradeseafood standard. The certification is also thefirst of its kind in Mexico.
“SFP helped industry prepare for this importantmilestone, but Del Pacifico and its supplier
MHMR International showed true leadershipin supporting the fishermen to make theimprovements and plans necessary for Fair Tradecertification,” said Juan Manuel Caudillo, SFP’s
deputy fisheries director. “We hope this serves
as a model that spreads to other shrimp fisheries
in the world and other fisheries in Mexico.”
In May, SFP announced a Moroccan sardine
FIP had made significant progress, earning“a significant increase” in scores on the Marine
Stewardship Council’s (MSC’s) FIP benchmark
tool, along with the highest possible “A”
progress rating on the SFP FishSource database.

Among other improvements, the fishery now
includes scientific observers on boats to monitor
fishing practices and efforts to put new harvest
control rules in place.
According to the MSC’s benchmarking tool,
an index of “1” indicates that the fishery has
the potential to unconditionally pass MSC
certification on the 28 performance indicators
assessed. The Moroccan sardine fishery has
improved from an overall index of 0.59 (centralzone)/0.61 (south zone) to 0.74 (both), witha recently published stock assessment includedin this score and the fishery’s assessments
updated to reflect this better performance.
The FIP began with the ALDI SOUTH Group alongwith its suppliers Clama, Lovering Foods, andOtto Franck. Other stakeholders directly involved
with the FIP include European and Moroccan
seafood companies, L’Office National des Pêches
at the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture, and the
Moroccan National Institute of Fisheries Research.
With progress continuing, the fishery is wellon track toward the goal to reach the criteriafor MSC certification in the next few years.

ADDRESSING THE INDUSTRY
One of SFP’s lesser but nonetheless importantroles is to ensure media coverage related tofisheries and our partners is properly informed.
Here are two examples from 2016:
In May, SFP weighed in on an article publishedby the BBC on a memo leaked by the New
Zealand government. The memo focused on
fisheries officials’ practices concerning an inshore
fishery focused primarily on dogfish sold to local
residents. The article mentioned concerns thatthe fishery was placing Maui dolphins at risk.
SFP became concerned when the article
suggested there might also be a problem
with a hoki fishery used by longtime SFP
partner McDonald’s as a source for whitefish
and cited a source looking to boycott
New Zealand seafood products at the time.
“There is no connection between the situationof these dolphins and the McDonald’s businessand attempts to link the two are simply dishonest,”
SFP CEO Jim Cannon said at the time.
In a related matter, also in May, SFP commented
on a study produced by the Institute for the
Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British
Columbia. The study, which covered a 61-year
period, suggested that hoki and four otherspecies’ catch levels and related problemsof discards and waste were actually worse thanpreviously thought. SFP’s analysis, meanwhile,
indicated that the study was relying too heavily
on historical data.
“The methods in the paper are questionable,
but regardless of the methods, the paper
is highly misleading in aggregating historical
data and implying current performance is asbad,” said Geoff Tingley, SFP’s Fishery Technical
Director, citing details of the miscalculation.

Image: Creative Commons”The management framework has greatly
improved since the project started, with bothstocks subject to a management plan, and while
this aspect is still evolving, the most recent
stock assessments show that Moroccanmanaged stocks are generally in good shape,”
said Jo Gascoigne, the FIP’s chief scientist.

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INFORMING THE INDUSTRY
SFP’s staff of fisheries scientists and analysts
frequently produce reports discussing the challenges
the global seafood industry faces. Here are someof the key reports we produced in 2016:
In March, SFP released a sector report onsnapper and grouper describing the state of theworld’s fisheries for both species. SFP Fisheries
Analysts Patricia Amorim and Megan Westmeyer
prepared the report, based in part on data collectedfrom SFP’s fisheries database FishSource.
The report was significant not so much for what
it said, but for what its authors were unable
to say. While the report does describe a steadyincrease in landings of snapper and grouper sincethe 1950s, many snapper and grouper stocks are
not being properly tracked, especially in somedeveloping countries, making a full assessmentof global snapper and grouper stocks difficult,if not impossible.

Image: Jacob_Blount/Shutterstock.com“Snapper and grouper are very important tofishing communities around the world, but little
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the long-term sustainability of those fisheries,”
Westmeyer said. “The US market is a major
consumer of these products, and thus canbe a catalyst for fishery improvement efforts.”
The report also contained a series ofrecommendations for fisheries, buyers,
and other members of the supply chain.
Among other suggestions, the report advised
stakeholders to: Initiate species-specific harvest data collection.
 Improve reporting of harvest data to the FAO.
 Ensure a fishery management plan is in place.
“Many snapper and grouper are in need of themost basic data collection and management
efforts,” Westmeyer said. “The seafood supply
chain can help their producers implement datagathering programs, but can also reach out tonational governments to emphasize the need forfishery-wide scientific research and management.”
Also in March, SFP produced its first-everreport on shrimp aquaculture in Southeast
Asia, covering 10 countries and offering
improvement recommendations for six of them.

SFP’s analysts looked at data gathered from local
sources, as well as aggregated market analysis
from SFP’s industry partners. The study covered
shrimp produced in Thailand, China, Indonesia,
Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Philippines,
Myanmar, and Cambodia.
The report highlighted 16 provinces in six
countries – Thailand, China, Indonesia,
Vietnam, India, and Bangladesh – where SFP
recommended improvement efforts, especiallyfor farmed shrimp. The prioritized geographies
are all significant producers and exporters ofshrimp, and are also facing pressing sustainability
concerns. They account for approximately
35 percent of global warm-water shrimp exports.
Nicole Portley, an analyst with SFP and authorof the report, said: “It’s important to emphasizethat this report really focuses on environmental
sustainability issues. There are many complex
issues in shrimp production, but we hope
this report will offer the seafood industry
some tangible advice on how to start making
improvements in their supply chains.”
The rapid and generally uncoordinated growthin farmed shrimp production in Southeast Asia

has led to issues including major disease outbreaks,
ongoing impacts on sensitive habitats, and concerns
over water quality. SFP suggested the seafoodindustry initiate shrimp-focused aquaculture
improvement projects (AIPs) in the priority
provinces, including zonal management strategies
that address the disease management needs
and environmental concerns in these regions.
“There is no doubting the value of shrimp
farming to the economies of these countries,
but something revolutionary needs to be done
to tackle the ever-repeating cycle of disease
outbreaks. Just as salmon has done, the shrimp
industry needs to recognize that farms don’t
operate in isolation. Strong industry leadershipis needed at the local, national, and regional levelif shrimp is going to live up to its full potential,”
said Anton Immink, SFP’s Director of Aquaculture.
In August, SFP produced its annual sustainability
overview of global reduction fisheries, covering
20 of the most significant fisheries used for the
production of fishmeal and fish oil (with a total
catch in excess of 7.8 million tonnes). The report
did not include reduction fisheries in Asia becauseof limited data availability.

“Many snapper and grouper are
in need of the most basic datacollection and management efforts.”
MEGAN WESTMEYERFISHERY IMPROVEMENT ANALYST | SFP

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The fisheries are rated according to thesustainability assessment presented on
www.fishsource.com and use data that was
publicly available in March 2016. Amongother conclusions, the report indicated only
57.4 percent of the total catch volume analyzed
comes from stocks that score 6 or above on
SFP’s FishSource criteria, meaning they arereasonably well managed.
“It’s unfortunate that less than 60 percentof the volume of fish assessed by this report
comes from fisheries that can be considered
well managed,” said Blake Lee-Harwood,
SFP’s Strategy Director. “This situation has
not improved in recent years and there seems
to be a lack of ambition in some regions.
The good news is that there are at least two
fishery improvement projects in place, twoof the fisheries are certified to the MSC standard,
and another six are in MSC full assessment.”

NEW PARTNERSHIPS FOR 2016
SFP is always seeking new opportunities throughnew partnerships, and in 2016 SFP welcomed
two new partners.
First, Alcampo, one of Spain’s largest
hypermarket chains, joined us in June as the first
Spanish retailer to become an SFP partner. With
56 stores, it is the second-largest hypermarket
chain in the country.
“We feel quite comfortable and confident that
this is a solid partnership that will improve
Alcampo’s commitment to responsible and“Less than 60 percent of the volume
of fish assessed by this report
comes from fisheries that canbe considered well managed.”
BLAKE LEE-HARWOOD
STRATEGY DIRECTOR | SFP

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ethical sourcing at the highest level,”
Yolanda Fernández Jiménez, Alcampo’s
CSR Manager, said at the time.
The partnership began with a pilot project
testing SFP’s FishSource and Metrics tools,
and we look forward to working with Alcampo
in the years to come.
Next, in September, SFP added US Foods,
the second-largest foodservice company
in the US, to its list of partners. The company
services independent and multi-unit restaurants,
healthcare and hospitality entities, government,
and educational institutions.
SFP will be working with US Foods to help thecompany continue to improve its sustainableseafood procurement efforts and work towardachieving its sustainability goals.

SFP CELEBRATES 10 YEARSAs noted in last year’s annual report, SFP turned
10 years old in 2016. We marked the occasion
with a retrospective look at our accomplishmentsfrom our first decade and a commemorative
video discussing our work.
“Reaching this milestone shows SFP is no longera small, grassroots organization,” Jim Cannon
said. “SFP has clearly established itself as a
global voice in sustainable seafood, and I couldn’t
be prouder of the progress we’ve made together
with the industry. We look forward to many more
years of working with our partners toward a goalof environmental and economic stability.”

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TAKING IT TO
THE INDUSTRY:SFP FORUMSIN 2016
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS FOR SFP TO CONNECT WITHPARTNERS AND OTHER INDUSTRY INSIDERS IS THROUGHOUR FISHERIES FORUMS.
Every year we hold one spotlighting the markets
in the Americas and another focusing on thosein Europe. This year, SFP brought our forums
to two major cities – Miami, Florida (US), andDublin, Ireland – exchanging valuable information
with our attendees on the global state ofsustainable seafood.
“Celebrating the past 10 years and looking
toward the next 10 was our primary focus, bothfor the Americas forum and the European forum,”said Emma McLaren, Director of Innovative
Solutions for SFP’s Buyer Engagement Division.
“Our forums are not just events; they serve as
inspiration and support for great work, for theregions where they are held, and the global
industry. We will continue pushing boundaries
and bringing the forums to where they areneeded most, and we look forward to further
broadening our scope in the near future.”

STARTING IN THE STATESOver 120 attendees and exhibitors joined us
in Miami, Florida, on February 9 for our Americas
forum, offering discussions and presentations
on topical sustainability issues.

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The main sessions were packed with attendees,
all listening to a series of panels with major
players in the industry, including: Jack Scott | Nestlé Purina Pet Food: talking
about traceability in complex supply chains Mark Palicki | Fortune Fish: talking about
the value of FIPs to the seafood industry
 Carl Salamone | Wegmans: discussing tunasourcing and ongoing efforts to find moresustainable product Randy Brummett | The World Bank: andBill DiMento, of High Liner Foods, joining
us to talk about zonal aquaculture in growing
production regions“There really was a lot of open and honest
dialogue about challenges, and an atmosphereof collaboration to improve the long-termsustainability of the seafood industry,” said
Kathryn Novak, Global Director of Buyer
Engagement for SFP. “The forum was alsoa celebration of all the progress that has been
made through industry-led FIPs and Supply
Chain Roundtables, and it was great to be able
to highlight those accomplishments that havebeen driven by our partners and their suppliers.”

Along with the partner companies represented
in person, two other industry leaders, Keith
Decker, CEO of High Liner Foods, and Tatiana
Trevisan, Sustainability Manager for Walmart
Brazil, presented prerecorded messages talking
about their companies’ experiences with FIPs.
We also discussed various SRs, showing
attendees examples of existing SRs that are
working well with species including Asia Squid,
Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuna, Blue Swimming
Crab, and Gulf of California Shrimp.

FROM MIAMI TO DUBLIN

 Andy Hickman | Tesco: and Henk Peters,of Oxfam, addressing labor and social issues
in seafood trading Julio Simarro | Congalsa: discussing the roleof SRs in sustainability
 Stuart Smith | Co-operative Food: discussing
transparency and corporate reporting Justin Baugh | Fishin’ Co.: talking about thevalue of FIPs and AIPs
We also covered a number of topical issues,
including the state of existing tuna sustainability
policies, upcoming challenges with the landing
obligations mandated by the new Common
Fisheries Policy, and ongoing labor-related
concerns. We also covered the use of zonal
aquaculture as a key component of sustainableseafood farming. We finished up with aninteresting look back by CEO Jim Cannonover the advances in sustainability the industry
has made over the past 10 years.

Image: SFP/Emma McLaren

More than 80 delegates joined us on April 12
in Dublin, Ireland, to take part in our European
forum, representing 90 percent of our European
partners. We were thrilled to see representatives
from many countries, including some new faces
from our partners in Spain.

We had a full agenda of lectures and interactive
panel discussions, with a number of industry
leaders presenting, including:

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TRANSPARENCYWITH THE ODP
AS THE GLOBAL SEAFOOD INDUSTRYCONTINUES TO GRAPPLE WITHSOLVING SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEMS,
TRANSPARENCY IS ONE GOAL THATCOMES UP CONSISTENTLY.

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The logic is simple – the more we know about
where our seafood comes from, the better a job wecan all do of making sure it’s being produced in a
way that makes financial and environmental sense.
To that end, in 2015 SFP embarked on a new
initiative – the Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP).
Based on the broader-scale Carbon Disclosure
Project, which helps industries publicly reportcarbon emissions, the goal of the ODP is
to give seafood industry stakeholders a way
to disclose information about where andhow they source seafood.
As part of their involvement, participatingcompanies voluntarily and publicly discloseand discuss details on their work towardsustainable seafood sourcing. SFP recognizes
these renewals as an extension of the pledge
these companies have made to prove their
dedication to sustainable seafood sourcing.
Participating companies create a “profile,”
which describes the companies’ products
in terms of the following: Name of fish Geographical location of source fisheries
 Type of fishing gear Nationality of the fishery An assessment of the management andstatus of the fishery using scores derived
from the public FishSource database A narrative assessment of environmental
impacts derived from the public FishSource
database The presence of third-party fisherycertifications or fisheries that have been
approved as part of wider certifications
 The existence of improvement projects
At the end of 2016, the ODP marked its first fullcalendar year with the addition in September of
new partner Joseph Robertson of Aberdeen, thefirst UK seafood supplier in the project, joining theoriginal five members from 2015 – Asda, Biomar,
The Co-operative Food, Morrisons, and Skretting.
“Over the past two years we have been working
toward aligning ourselves to be recognized
as a leading manufacturer firmly supporting
responsible sourcing,” said Simon Robertson,
owner of Joseph Robertson. “The addition of the
Ocean Disclosure Project creates an excellent
tool providing the opportunity to be completelytransparent and accountable. It also helps tofocus our efforts on areas of improvement and to
influence our supply chain in the right direction.”“The Ocean Disclosure Project creates an excellent
tool providing the opportunity to be completelytransparent and accountable.”
Image: Rich Carey/Shutterstock.com

SIMON ROBERTSON | OWNER | JOSEPH ROBERTSON

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IT ALL:SR NEWS
FOR 2016
SFP MANAGES SRS GLOBALLY AND
WORKS WITH INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERSCONNECTED TO SRS COVERING MANYIMPORTANT SPECIES, MEETING ANNUALLYAT SEAFOOD EXPO NORTH AMERICA IN
BOSTON TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF
VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTSAND SET GOALS FOR THE YEAR.
The following is a partial list of SRs and someof their activities in 2016:

GULF OF MEXICO SHRIMP SR

In August, the SR participants sent a letterto the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council inquiring about any recent progresson the ecosystem-based management planfor the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf Council
responded, referencing ongoing work by NOAA
Fisheries and explaining that the council is nolonger pursuing a comprehensive ecosystembased fishery management plan but is instead
attempting to integrate ecosystem-based fishery
management into the existing species-specificfishery management.
The SR participants requested that the council
include a section on ecosystem-based fishery
management in an amendment to current fisheryregulations. This section would review currently
available information on the status of the Gulf
of Mexico ecosystem and describe how
ecosystem-based fishery management isbeing applied in the shrimp fishery. The council
explained that an ecosystem-based fishery
management section would be outside thescope of a single fishery amendment, but thatthe council staff will be developing a fisheryecosystem plan for consideration in 2017 or 2018.

AMERICAS SNAPPER/GROUPER SRThis sector experienced significant progress
throughout 2016. Overall, participants agreed
to actively engage with the National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
regarding observer program evaluation.

The SR began 2016 with an expansion.
Previously limited to the Gulf of Mexico (USand Mexican fisheries), the SR expanded to cover
fisheries throughout North, Central, and SouthAmerica. SR participants helped identify priority
fisheries across the Americas so SFP could begin
to do preliminary work on options for FIPs.

In the past, the Louisiana Shrimp FIP, once an
SFP-connected project, transitioned to being
advised by the Audubon Nature Institute’s Gulf
United for Lasting Fisheries. In July, a similartransition took place with the Texas Shrimp
FIP, which is still active, but without SFP’s
direct involvement.

Another major SR task for SFP was mediating
discussions between importers of Mexicangrouper on how the grouper fishery should be
improved. That led to SFP’s recommendationof commissioning a bioeconomic model for
fishery improvement. This model is scheduled
for implementation in 2017.

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EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN TUNA AND
LARGE PELAGICS SR
This year marked progress and collaboration
throughout the SR. Participating company Chefs
Trading unveiled a traceability system and a new
funding initiative by which the company plansto fund specific FIPs in fisheries it sources from.
Seattle Fish Co., another SR stakeholder, is also
participating in the initiative.
This year, the SR also supported a series
of industry-led efforts to initiate FIPs. Chefs
Trading made progress toward starting a FIP
for yellowfin tuna and swordfish in Costa Rica,
and fellow SR participating companies Marpesca
and FUNAPESCA took steps to initiate a FIP
in Panama covering mahi-mahi and yellowfin
tuna. SFP provided FIP training to partners
and their supply chains, gave technical support,
and assisted with the development of white
papers, action plans, and MoUs.

RUSSIAN FAR EAST WHITEFISH SR
In some ways this is SFP’s most senior SR,
as it dates back to the beginnings of SFP andsome of the early work leading a FIP on Russianpollock. The annual briefings in Boston are very
well attended and are often some of the shortest– not due to lack of interest, but because boththe Pollock Catchers Association and Longline
Fishery Association (cod/halibut FIP) provide
good updates and show good progress.

RUSSIAN FAR EAST CRAB SR
The RFE Crab SR has had a small but dedicatedfollowing since 2012, holding briefings in Boston
every year or every other year, most recently in2016. The Boston briefings allow the supply chain

to meet directly with the representative from the
Crab Catchers Associations (CCA), get updates on
the RFE Crab FIP, and ask questions. Throughout
the year SFP serves as a communications
bridge with the CCA, providing updates toparticipants throughout the year based on project
developments or questions that arise in the supply
chain. During 2016–17, participant engagement
led to CCA expanding the geographic and species
scope of the RFE Crab FIP.

ASIA PACIFIC SQUID SR
This SR began when industry recognized theneed for collaborative improvements to drive
squid sustainability. These companies had been
meeting informally, with facilitation from SFP,
prior to the SR’s creation, but 2016 was theyear the SR formalized with priorities andworkplans established.
This SR held its first formal meeting in Boston thisyear, with the participating companies agreeing
to become formal members. The SR identified
the Japanese flying squid effort, led by Ocean
Outcomes, and the Chinese squid effort, led by
China Blue, as priority improvement efforts.

NORTHWEST ATLANTIC COD SR
Although this is one of SFP’s oldest SRs, 2016
was pretty quiet for the Northwest Atlantic Cod
SR, with no formal SR meetings this year. In
2015, the SR agreed to prioritize improvement
efforts in the Newfoundland cod fishery, which
was at one time the world’s largest cod fishery.
At the 2016 Seafood Expo Global in Brussels, SFP
announced that a second FIP was launched for
Newfoundland cod, an accomplishment thatis a direct result of the work this SR has been
doing since 2011.

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REAL TIME:NEW IN SYSTEMSIN 2016
SFP’S SYSTEMS DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF
THE ONLINE TOOLS WE OFFER TO PARTNERS AND THE
GENERAL PUBLIC FOR KEEPING TRACK OF THE PROGRESS
OF FISHERIES, SEAFOOD FARMS, AND IMPROVEMENTPROJECTS TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY.

Here are some of the division’s accomplishmentsfrom 2016:

FISHSOURCE V3
2016 marked the unveiling of an upgraded version
of SFP’s long-running FishSource database. Called“FishSource v3,” the upgraded database got aninterface makeover, giving it a more modern look,but developers also redesigned the database itself.
Among the upgrades, the database now offers:
 More accurate identification of source fisheries,
which leads to more robust risk evaluations
 Greater flexibility to make FishSource
work better with other systems, suchas RAM Legacy Database and Monterey
Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch.

The site’s basic function, however, to offer
up-to-date sustainability information on theworld’s fisheries, has not changed. Subscribers
can still use the site to find FishSource scoresand trend charts, FIP stages and progress ratings,
and MSC certification status. While the site is
aimed at the industry to drive improvements, we
still maintain scientific rigor by basing scores andanalysis only on publicly available data, and we
provide recommendations targeted to different
audiences. Most importantly, keeping FishSource
current is an ongoing process. SFP will continually
improve the site, adding new information andfunctionality. For example, right now we areconsidering adding socioeconomic informationand scores, along with information on othercertifications/ratings, such as Seafood Watch.

SFP ANNOUNCES NEW FIP RATINGSYSTEM Other upgrades to make the site easier
to use. We added a “How FS works” section,
made it easier to navigate, and improved thesearch function.

In May, SFP announced a brand new tool forevaluating and grading fishery improvement
projects (FIPs).

We also listened to concerns about monitoring
and fighting problems such as human trafficking.
For the first time we have publicly posted our
Human Rights Abuse Risk levels for fisheries
where data are available.

This new tool uses routinely-collected data
to provide the seafood industry with aneasy-to-understand snapshot of a project’s
status.“This tool makes it even easier forour partners to see just where a FIP stands,”

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said Braddock Spear, SFP’s Systems Division
Director. “It’s a great way to monitor a FIP’s
progress toward sustainability.”
The tool defines six “stages” of achievement
for each FIP. Each stage has a number of criteria,
ranging from requiring fishery evaluations orassessments from third parties to demonstrating
publicly that a FIP is working to achieving
sustainability certification from a third party,
such as the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
Based in part on which stage a particular FIP
has reached, it will also receive a letter grade,from A to E, with an “A” grade indicating
Exceptional Progress and an “E” grade indicating
Negligible Progress.
Industry partners welcomed the use of
the new tool. “Sam’s Club and Walmart havebeen incorporating FIPs and AIPs into oursustainable seafood policy since 2010, when
there were less than a half a dozen FIPs globally,”
said Bob Fields, Senior Merchandise Director for
Meat and Seafood at Sam’s Club. “Today, there
are over a hundred, which is why we are excited
to see SFP producing such a valuable addition
to its already useful FIP information tools.”

SFP TRANSITIONS FIP DIRECTORY
TO FISHERYPROGRESS.ORG
SFP also made a move in 2016 to begin
transitioning its FIP Directory to a third party,
Fishery Progress. Back in 2014, SFP launched
the FIP Directory as a resource for FIP
participants who wanted to publicly report FIP
progress, a common requirement of many FIPs.
That directory went on to host information onnearly 75 FIPs, but the site was never meant
to be more than a temporary solution, andnow FisheryProgress.org, a product of theConservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions
and FishChoice, is offering an independentsite for FIP reporting.
The site serves as a new location for anyone
involved in any FIP—whether connected to SFP

or not – to report progress. It includes an updated
user interface to make uploading FIP informationeasier. FishChoice also provides technicalsupport to help FIP participants if they encounterany hurdles uploading their information to thewebsite. The addition of visual representationsof data gives quick snapshots of progress.
Buyer and NGO response to the site has beenenthusiastic, and they particularly appreciate
the verification the site provides to make sure
information is consistent and accurate. The site
makes it easier for FIPs to provide a greater levelof transparency about their goals and progress tomeet buyers’ sustainable seafood requirements.
With the site going online in 2016, FIP
implementers began transitioning FIP information
to the new site, with plans to close the FIP
Directory down completely in 2017.

SFP MAKES KEY PROGRESS IN FIPRESEARCH PROGRAM
At the International Institute of Fisheries
Economics and Trade’s Annual Conference inJuly, SFP CEO Jim Cannon gave a presentationthat marked the first public release of preliminary
findings connected to the FIP Research Program,a new program of SFP’s Systems Division.
The ultimate goal of the FIP Research Programis to help FIP stakeholders to understand thedrivers for successful FIPs and identify the
improvement areas where FIPs are typicallymost effective. In June, the Science team from
SFP’s Systems division, working with various
other SFP divisions, completed the first versionof the project’s comprehensive database, which
will serve as the principal resource for the project
going forward. SFP expects this new database
will support more research projects and analysis
in the years to come.
This new program has inspired externalorganizations, including Global Economic
Dynamics and the Biosphere program fromthe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,to embark on joint research projects with SFP.

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STILL TO COME:
A NEW INITIATIVE WITH
A TRIED-AND-TRUE
MESSAGEIN MANY WAYS, 2016 REPRESENTED A CELEBRATION
OF WHAT SFP HAS DONE OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.

That celebration also served as further affirmation,
both to us and the industry in general, that our
method of pursuing sustainability – improvement
projects championed by dedicated, influential
industry stakeholders – can bring about real change
in global sustainable seafood.
The certainty that an industry-driven approach canmake real change happen is driving SFP’s new
initiative for 2017 – Target 75. In this initiative weset a goal to see 75 percent or more of the world’s
seafood either produced sustainably or making
progress toward sustainability by 2020.

OUR
TARGET 75
INITIATIVE

In some ways, this initiative will become a part ofour daily work, with all divisions of our organization
working toward this laudable goal; but in otherways, we are simply putting a formal name ona process and a method that we already know
works. After 10 years proving to the world that it
works, now it’s time to take the next step – driving
the industry to help us turn this method into amovement that will continue to be successful.

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An SFP partner since 2012, the Co-operative
Group has more than 2,800 stores throughout theUK, with 60 percent of UK customers shopping at
a Co-op store in 2016 alone.
“We have rigorous policies in place to monitor
the fish we source and by working with
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership we are able towork more effectively with our supply chains tobetter mitigate risks and improve sustainability,”
said Aisla Jones, Fish Sustainability Manger for
the Co-op. “SFP gives retailers, and indeed theseafood industry as a whole, the tools it needs
to help make fishing and aquaculture moresustainable. Its knowledge and data, alongside
first-rate advice and counsel, has proven to be
an invaluable asset in ensuring we are providing
the very highest-quality, sustainable fish to ourcustomers.”

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The company has worked diligently with SFP
from the start, placing 100 percent of its seafood
products into SFP’s Metrics database, supporting
various fishery improvement projects acrossdifferent species such as tuna, sardine, andcrab. The Co-operative was also one of thefirst companies to sign up to the SFP Ocean
Disclosure Project in 2015 and maintained
participation in 2016.
“The Co-op represents a significant presence in
UK communities,” said Ian Rolmanis, SFP Buyer
Engagement Manager, UK & Europe. “SFP isvery happy to support The Co-operative to ensure
these communities have the chance to purchasesustainable seafood.”

Image: mubus7/Shutterstock.com

OUR
PARTNERSImage: courtesy Aldi

International retailer Aldi has been with SFP
for a number of years. The company becamea collective global partner in 2015, but Aldi US
joined us in 2010, Aldi UK in 2012, and Aldi
Australia in 2013.

a comprehensive tuna policy in the UK, and in
2016, Aldi US updated its sustainable seafood
policy there, including among its changes
adopting SFP’s FIP Progress Ratings to monitor
FIP sourcing.

“SFP has been our partner for moresustainable seafood since 2010,” said Sabine
Müller, Manager Corporate Responsibility
International for Aldi. “In addition to providing
operational support for our national Corporate
Responsibility and Buying teams in the US, UK,
and Australia, SFP has also been very helpful
in further developing our strategic approach toresponsible seafood sourcing. Contributing to theimprovement of fisheries is an important building
block in our approach.”

Emma McLaren, Director of Buyer Engagement
Innovative Solutions at SFP, also noted Aldi as acorporation spearheaded the development of asardine FIP in Morocco.
“Working with global multinational companies
like Aldi South is a great way to make the typeof impact SFP is known for,” McLaren said.
“Aldi understands the challenges that come withsuch a diversity of supply chains, and still works
to bring all its leverage into improving fisheries
worldwide. With big leverage comes big impact.”

Aldi has accomplished plenty working with SFP
over the years. The company has developed

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“As part of our commitment to sustainability andresponsible sourcing, we work closely with our
supply chain partners to embrace strategies tosupport the ever-growing need for responsible
seafood from around the world,” said Casey
Marion, Director of Sustainability & Quality
Management Systems. “We do this by partneringwith resourceful organizations like SFP to help
us develop and implement fishery improvement
projects for both wild and farm-raised species.
With their knowledge and expertise, we havecertainly been able to collaboratively work withother stakeholders to establish goals to help
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the seafood production within our supply chains.”
The distributor’s efforts are paying off. Beaver
Street is the first company to embark on apilot program for zonal management of shrimp,
based in the Surat Thani region of Thailand. The
company has also taken a leading role in multiple
FIPs worldwide, including in Latin America andthe Caribbean. Beaver Street works with several
supply chain roundtable (SR) projects with SFP,
covering species such as snapper and grouper,
Asia-Pacific squid, and Eastern Pacific large
pelagics (mahi-mahi).
“BSF shows how much can be accomplishedwhen a supplier is committed to improvements,”
said Bryan Szeliga, Buyer Engagement Program
Manager at SFP. “Their leadership is helping to
improve fisheries and has provided a proof-ofconcept in the SFP supplier engagement model.”Image: courtesy BSF

US seafood distributor Beaver Street Fisheries
has been a partner with SFP since 2015 and has
always maintained a strong interest in sourcing
sustainable seafood.

Image: courtesy Super Indo

PT Lion Super Indo is a major retailer in Indonesia,
with 149 stores in 18 major cities in Java Islandand southern Sumatra alone, and two franchisesupermarkets in Jakarta and Bekasi, all supported
by more than 8,000 workers.
“We always maintain the freshness and qualityof our products by selecting fine sources andapplying highly-monitored standard operatingprocedures in our product handling,” said Lany S.
Budianto, President Director of Super Indo.
Since partnering with SFP, Super Indo has beenworking with all its farmed-fish suppliers to
implement good aquaculture practices and tohelp them earn Indonesia-GAP certification toensure food safety, environmental sustainability,
and traceability. The company is also working
to develop FIPs in snapper/grouper fisheries.

By the end of 2016, about 30 percent of Super
Indo’s farmed-fish products were sourced from
responsible suppliers.
Currently, Super Indo is collaborating with SFP
to implement sustainable principles in obtaining
fishery products that have become one of the
major commodities in Super Indo supermarkets.
“Super Indo has a strong commitment to
responsible and sustainable fisheries,” said
Rahmat Dani, SFP’s Buyer Engagement Manager.
“As one of the biggest retailing networks inIndonesia, this commitment serves as a goodrole model to encourage other retailers inIndonesia to implement responsible aquaculture
and sustainable fisheries programs for their
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After partnering with SFP, the company wasted
no time getting started, working with its vendors
on a major data collection project documenting
sustainability on hundreds of its sourced
products.
“US Foods is committed to improving thesustainability and traceability of the seafood
supply chain and bringing our customers thehighest-quality products,” said Sylvia Wulf, SeniorVice President, Center of Plate, US Foods. “Ouralliance with the Sustainable Fisheries Partnershipwill help ensure that we are well informed andpositioned to encourage sustainable sourcing andfishing practices of our exclusive brand seafood.
This commitment is a journey of constant

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improvement, and this partnership helps toensure we are on the right path.”
Kathryn Novak, Director of SFP’s Buyer
Engagement Division, said US Foods has beenvery supportive of improvement projects, and hasbrought additional focus to new efforts aroundsquid in particular. Novak said the company
also takes a collaborative approach, facilitating
joint meetings with SFP, the Global Aquaculture
Alliance (GAA), the MSC and the National
Fisheries Institute (NFI) to work together to solve
problems.
“We’re excited to be working with US Foods andto have them join us in our mission to improve
the sustainability of global seafood,” Novaksaid. “The leverage they can bring to the tableto encourage others to get on the path toward
continuous improvement is very exciting.”
SFP looks forward to working with US Foods
to help the company improve its sustainableseafood procurement efforts and achieve its
sustainability goals.

Image: Roman Pyshchyk/Shutterstock.com

One of our new partners in 2016, US Foods, thesecond-largest foodservice provider in the US,
is SFP’s first national foodservice partner. The
Rosemont, Illinois, company was also the first
foodservice company to get chain of custodycertification from the Marine Stewardship Council(MSC), already demonstrating its interest in
sustainable seafood.

LIST OFPARTNERCOMPANIES

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JOIN
US!
SFP REGARDS THE CONNECTIONSIT MAKES TO THE INDUSTRY AS
VITAL TO ITS ONGOING MISSION
OF BUILDING A MORE SUSTAINABLE
GLOBAL SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.
We invite all industry leaders who share our concerns about
long-term sustainability to consider partnering with us.

SFP PARTNERS: Have access to key fisheries and aquaculture improvement
projects that can directly impact their business.
 Can join supply chain roundtables that monitor and work withmultiple fisheries or aquaculture operations all at once, making
it easier to follow work in multiple sectors.
 Can use SFP’s Metrics system to track the progress of
their company or their suppliers as they work toward moresustainable supplies of seafood.
 Receive invitations to exclusive, partner-only forums featuring
presentations from and opportunities to network with industry
thought leaders.

Image: Chen WS/Shutterstock.com

Does your company have an interest in improving sustainablesourcing? Do you know of a fishery or aquaculture operationthat might benefit from an improvement project? Contact us at
info@sustainablefish.org. We look forward to hearing from you!

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FINANCIALS

1% OTHER INCOME
5% GOVERNMENT GRANTS

2% FUNDRAISING
12% MANAGEMENT & GENERAL

8% CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS

2016
REVENUES& SUPPORT2016
EXPENSES

86% FOUNDATION GRANTS

86% PROGRAM SERVICES

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BECOMEA DONORSFP WORKS TOWARD
A FUTURE WHERE ALL
SEAFOOD WORLDWIDEIS SUSTAINABLE, BUT WE
CAN’T DO IT ALONE.
SFP has long benefited from the generous
support of a number of private foundations,
all with an eye toward a sustainable future.
As a registered nonprofit, SFP’s successdepends on like-minded individuals, so if
you or your organization are interested incontributing to SFP’s work, contact SFP
at info@sustainablefish.org

LIST OF DONORS FOR 2015-2016:
 Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
 The Mitsubishi Corporation Fund forEurope and Africa (MCFEA)
 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
 Mulago Foundation
 New Venture Fund Oak Foundation
 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
 Resources Legacy Fund The Rockefeller Foundation
 Starwood Foundation
 Walmart Foundation
 Walton Family Foundation

Image: Creative Commons

DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FUNDERS:
 IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative The Global Environment Facility
 United Nations Development
Programme

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WHO
WE ARELEADERSHIP

2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORSJim Cannon
Chief Executive Officer
Purbasari Surjadi
Chief of Staff
Andrei Klimenko
Chief Operating Officer
Chisa Woodley
Chief Financial Officer
Doug Beveridge
Improvement Projects Director
Blake Lee-Harwood	Strategy, Communications &Analysis Director
Kathryn Novak
Buyer Engagement Division Director
Braddock Spear
Systems Division Director
Chuck Burg	Development & Government
Relations Director
Anton Immink
Aquaculture Program Director
Jose Parajua
Fisheries Program Director
Pedro Sousa
Chief Scientist
Geoff Tingley
Fishery Technical Director

Andrew Donaldson
Betsy Ward
Francis Beddington
Dan Cao
Lafcadio Cortesi
Harald Ekman
Manish Kumar
Jean-Louis Meuric
Marc Stuart

Chairman and Treasurer
Vice Chair

STAFF
Aneita Ahuna
Enrique Alonso
Patricia Amorim
Dessy Anggraeni
Lani Asato
Kris Balliet
Jessica Beels
Susanna Brian
Amy Brillault
Juan Manuel Garcia
Caudillo
Rahmat Dani
Eka Darma
Allwyn D’Costa
Rizki DwinantoPedro Ferreiro Velasco
Amalia Firman
Rose Gladstein
Carmen González-Vallés
Martínez

CONSULTANTSSam Grimley
Christo Hutabarat
Nur Indah
Wilis Juharini
Isidora Katara
Gayatri Reksodihardjo-Lilley
Linh Nguyen Thanh
Indrani (Drin) Lutchman
Kristina (Kris) Marchu
Elisa (Maria) Martinez
Emma McLaren
Marina T Mendes
Katie Mihalik
Jack (Ernesto) Morales
Alexia Morgan
Sean Murphy
Ananta Murti
Nguyen Ba Thong
Tita Nopitawati
Pamudi36 SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES PARTNERSHIP | ANNUAL REPORT 2016

Merul Patel
Priyanka Pathak
Chantel Rebola
Ian Rolmanis
Eugene (Evgueni)
Sabourenkov
Mariana Sánchez de Bock
Christiane Schmidt
Susana Segurado
Jenna Stoner
Bryan J Szeliga
Mio Uchida
Pedro da Veiga
Megan Westmeyer
Jack Whalen
Putu Widyastuti
Crispen Wilson

Matthew Cieri
Han HanIan Heath
Christie Hendrich
Sébastien Metz
Iain Pollard
Nicole Portley
Dearg Stobie
Tania Woodcock

Back Cover Image: Creative Commons“Our people are all members of a global networkof experts, collectively committed to the cause ofpromoting and encouraging sustainability in theseafood industry.”
ANDREW DONALDSON | CHAIRMAN | SFP BOARD OF DIRECTORSFURTHERINFORMATION
www.sustainablefish.org
For additional information please contact
us at: info@sustainablefish.org