Sustainable Century
The Port of Seattle announced on Earth Day, April 22, 2022, that Fishermen’s Finest was the recipient of the Sustainable Century award for Environmental Innovation.
Sustainable Century Awards
The Port recognizes outstanding environmental accomplishments of customers, tenants, non-profits and partners with the Sustainable Century Awards, formerly known as the Environmental Excellence Awards. Award recipients demonstrate environmental leadership and are crucial partners in helping the Port achieve its environmental stewardship, sustainability, and equity goals.
2022 Maritime Award goes to Fishermen’s Finest. In 2021, Fishermen’s Finest (FFI) became the first commercial fishing fleet to both join Green Marine and achieve certification in the Green Marine environmental certification program for the maritime industry. FFI’s goal is to become a net-zero carbon fleet, building a new fishing vessel, the America’s Finest (262-foot), that reduces fuel consumption by 66 percent. FFI also invested in the first sale of King County urban forest carbon credits and represents the lowest carbon footprint of the Bering Sea Trawl Fleet.
“Global warming is a reality for our ship captains and crews who have been fishing for more than 30 years, witness firsthand the recent warming ocean, receding Bering Sea ice and corresponding changes in fish behavior,” says Helena Park, Fishermen’s Finest CEO. “We are the stewards of the resource, so it is incumbent upon all of us in commercial fishing to reduce commercial fishing’s carbon footprint as much as possible. It helps us make progress to have local leaders like the Port of Seattle support Fishermen’s Finest fleet’s transformation to a producer of fish with the smallest carbon footprint possible.”
Watch for more information regarding the FFI Environmental Innovation Pledge as we work our way towards carbon neutral with fleet upgrades and certified carbon credits.