Sea Pact is an innovative alliance of nine leading North American seafood businesses, who have joined together and are using their collective power to lead and drive improvement throughout the global seafood supply chain. They work closely with three key NGOs as their sustainability council. Four years ago this group teamed up through the formation of a not-for-profit organization called Sea Pact to house and structure their collaborative initiative. They have identified that theyre willing to engage in a range of coordinated pre-competitive activities that promote positive change for the worlds oceans and for their industry.

The central impact activity that Sea Pact has been focused on is combining financial resources of the nine members to fund fishery and aquaculture improvement and research projects to help drive change in an industry which they have recognized as in need of improvement. Sea Pact is a stand-alone nonprofit organization that is separate and different from the businesses that are members. It is an nonprofit organization with an environmental/ social/ industry change mandate for the global seafood industry. Four years ago, it was formed by nine leading North American seafood businesses (6 in the USA and 3 in Canada), who joined to work pre-competitively together using their collective power to lead and drive improvement throughout the global seafood supply chain. They work closely with three key NGOs- FishWise, SFP, and Ocean Outcomes, as their sustainability council. Sea Pact member businesses have identified that theyre willing to engage in a range of coordinated pre-competitive activities that promote positive change for the worlds oceans and for the global seafood industry.

Sea Pact Charter- We Agree as Sea Pact to Collectively: Support a model of continuous improvement for fisheries and aquaculture farms. Engage our peers and our supply chain in discussion and action around continuous improvement. Publicly state our goals for reaching more responsible seafood supply and monitor and measure our progress toward our goal. Support each others efforts to educate our individual staff, customers and supply chain about our responsible seafood initiatives. Utilize our collective purchasing power in a pre-competitive nature to engage in improvement efforts. Financially contribute to continuous improvement of those fisheries and fish farming systems we procure from that meet our Project Selection Criteria. Consider the impact on communities when making sourcing decisions. Engage in and support policy and management reform that leads to positive environmental outcomes in fisheries and aquaculture management.

Sea Pact Structure o Sea Pact shall be comprised of six founding members who form part of an Advisory Committee with nine total seats, as well as a non-voting membership body. o Sea Pact shall employ a Managing Director to coordinate marketing, fundraising, and group management/representation, Environmental Consultants for consult and vetting of potential projects, and a Fiscal Sponsor to operate as a 501c3. Founding Members A Founding Member shall be one of the six original companies that contributed to the formation of Sea Pact, and who demonstrated leadership in the area of seafood sustainability. Founding Members hold a permanent voting seat on the Sea Pact Advisory Committee, and commit to a mandatory 5-year term in order to maintain the original vision of Sea Pact. Non-Voting Members o Subject to the member responsibilities o May not vote in the project selection process; however, review of grant applicants and providing feedback for consideration during project selection and voting is encouraged. o Can apply to be elected to one of the at large advisory committee seats (when opened). Environmental Consultant The Advisory Committee will be responsible for choosing and compensating an outside Environmental Consultant (s) or managing this function internally. o An environmental consultants role is to vet potential projects and make strategic recommendations. Managing Director The Advisory Committee contracts a Managing Director. The Managing Director serves on an annual contract. Advisory Committee Advisory Committee Members o The Advisory Committee shall consist of nine members, one of whom shall be elected Chairman. o The Committee shall consist of the six Founding Members and three associate members elected from the general membership body. o Advisory committee seats will open after two years; at which point non-voting members may be selected as new voting board members. o Non-voting members of the Advisory Committee may include representatives from the Environmental Consultant, Backbone and Fiscal Sponsor organizations. Chairman Advisory Committee members shall elect a chairman annually. No member may serve more than 3 consecutive years. Responsibilities: o Signing all agreements on behalf of the Advisory Committee. o Chairing in-person meetings, appointing a note taker, suggesting motions, counting votes, approving/denying the motions as the vote goes, facilitating the meetings. o Being the lead but not exclusive voice for Sea Pact public relations, press releases and media interviews.

Sea Pact (NGO), Albion Farms and Fisheries (Private sector), Santa Monica Seafood (Private sector), Seattle Fish Company (Private sector), Seacore Seafood (Private sector), Fortune Fish & Gourmet (Private sector), Ipswich Shellfish Group (Private sector), Stavis Seafoods (Private sector), J.J. McDonnell (Private sector), AC Coverts (Private sector), Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (NGO), FishWise (NGO), Ocean Outcomes (NGO), New Venture Fund (NGO).