ASMI making progress with transition of RFM certification program

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) is progressing on its plan to offload its Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) sustainable seafood certification program to an independent entity.

The marketing group is developing a nonprofit foundation that is expected to take over operation of the program in 2021, Jeff Regnart, a contractor hired by ASMI to manage the RFM program and facilitate its transition to the nonprofit, told IntraFish.

The bylaws for the nonprofit have been approved. The next step, Regnart said, is developing the nine-member board that will oversee the RFM program going forward.