Our Responsible Sourcing pages are meant to provide you with the tools and information necessary to develop your own responsible sourcing policy. The seafood industry has gone through an industrial revolution over the last several decades and there is little doubt that current rates of exploitation are not sustainable. We created these pages to help restaurants and retailers learn about and connect with the products they use. We will show you the steps and provide the metrics which will enable you to assess your progress in achieving your own responsible sourcing goals. The knowledge you gain will ultimately give you the seafood confidence necessary to guide your purchases to a more sustainable future.

As a family owned business since 1939 and now entering its fourth generation, we have always attempted to source our products responsibly. In 2003 we helped found the Sustainable Seafood Forum, a distinguished group of scientists, restaurateurs and the Aquarium of the Pacific. The Sustainable Seafood Forum achieved a great deal and put Santa Monica Seafood squarely on the path to what needs to be done. More recently we have worked with the Monterey Bay Aquarium in the development of our responsible sourcing program.

Our responsible sourcing program is committed to educating and moving Santa Monica Seafood, its vendors and customers towards offering more or fully sustainable options, increasing community understanding on environmental responsibility and being an agent of change in the seafood industry.