Ocean Disclosure Project

A Decade of Disclosure: Celebrating 10 years of the ODP

The Ocean Disclosure Project advances transparency in the seafood sector by giving companies a platform to publicly disclose their sourcing.

SFP is celebrating a decade of disclosure through the Ocean Disclosure Project. Explore this page to discover some highlights of the ODP’s activities, achievements to date, and our vision for the future.

The ODP began as a pilot project of SFP in 2014, before officially launching in 2015 with the support of five pioneering companies – UK retailers ASDA, Co-op, and Morrisons, and aquaculture feed manufacturers Biomar and Skretting. Since then, the project has grown year-on-year, and the ODP is now an integral part of the tools and services offered by SFP to help businesses advance their sustainability goals.

Today, nearly 50 companies from around the world have participated in the ODP by voluntarily disclosing the details of their seafood sourcing and associated environmental impacts. Participants have included many leading retailers, seafood suppliers and distributors, fish feed manufacturers, and meal kit and subscription food delivery companies.

Become an ODP Participant

A tool for sustainability

The ODP leverages the power of transparency in seafood to promote continued improvements in fisheries and aquaculture. Transparency is key to driving accountability within supply chains. It enables improved oversight of business practices by investors, consumers, NGOs and the wider sustainability community and incentivizes businesses to achieve their sustainability commitments. By coordinating efforts to deliver greater transparency in global seafood supply chains, the ODP supports SFP’s vision of a world where all fisheries and aquaculture are improving toward a goal of 100% sustainably and responsibly produced seafood.

Tinned fish on display on a supermarket shelf

Man pushing a cart while shopping for fish in a supermarket

Through the ODP, companies are encouraged to voluntarily disclose the fisheries and farmed seafood that they source from. For companies that choose to participate, the ODP provides a simple way to publicly disclose their seafood sources through a common reporting profile that identifies the origin of their seafood, along with key sustainability and environmental information. Those profiles are then published on the ODP website, where they can be freely accessed by anyone interested in sustainable seafood.

Benefits for seafood companies and their stakeholders

What is included in an ODP profile

The ODP enables companies to voluntarily disclose information on their wild-capture and farmed seafood sources, including:

Species and location
Production method
Certification and improvement status
Sustainability ratings
Environmental impact.

The Story of the ODP

2014: SFP completes a pilot disclosure project with retail partner ASDA.

2015: Building on the success of the pilot, the ODP is formally launched with the support of five founding participants: UK retailers ASDA, Morrisons, and Co-op, and aquaculture fish feed manufactures BioMar Norway and Skretting Norway. These early adopters play a leading role in supporting transparency in seafood. Initially, the ODP asked companies to disclose the origin of their wild-capture seafood alongside information on the environmental sustainability of those sources, including certification and improvement projects, FishSource ratings, and environmental impacts.

2016-2017: The project gains momentum as more businesses join, including Publix—the first US participant—and Joseph Robertson, the first supplier to participate.

September 2017: SFP launches a dedicated website for the ODP to serve as an online platform for voluntary disclosure of seafood sourcing. This transition to an online platform brings with it greater visibility for the project, its participants, and the seafood sourcing disclosures, enabling anyone to freely access the information shared by participating companies in one place.

2018: Seafood supplier Albion Farms & Fisheries becomes the first Canadian company to participate in the ODP.

2019: Retailer Aldi Australia becomes the first Australian company to participate. The scope of ODP disclosures also expands, integrating farmed seafood sources, sustainability ratings from other organizations, and key performance indicators relating to certified and improving sources. That same year, ASDA begins disclosing fishing vessel data, including vessel names and IMO numbers for some of its source fisheries.

2020: SFP partners with ASDA to produce the first Bycatch Audit report, using information from ASDA’s ODP profile to review and assess bycatch risks for fisheries in their supply chain. More companies start to disclose their farmed seafood sources.

2021: By this year, nearly all UK seafood retailers have participated in the project. SFP implements a new methodology to use the FishSource aquaculture scores to provide ratings of “Well Managed,” “Managed,” and “Needs improvement” for farmed sources.

2022: Participation in the ODP slows as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses and travel. Nevertheless, SFP continues to engage the seafood community and connect with new companies online during the pandemic.

2023-2024: More new companies participate, including Swiss companies Migros, Migros Group, and Denner, and Spanish retailer, Alcampo.

2025: The total number of participants that have disclosed through the ODP reaches 48, spanning retailers, seafood suppliers and distributors, fish feed manufacturers, and meal kit and subscription food delivery companies, as well as the Global Squid Supply Chain Roundtable, covering more than 20 squid importers and processors. In addition, several more companies complete bycatch audits using their ODP profiles.

2026: A new website translation feature allows users to view the ODP site in Spanish, French, and Japanese, in addition to the original English. A revised methodology for the sustainability rating using SFP’s FishSource scores for wild-capture fisheries is introduced to ensure consistent evaluation across all fisheries, regardless of their certification status, while reinforcing the need for improvements to be fishery-wide.

More than a decade since it was first envisioned, the ODP remains a key tool for sustainability, enabling participating companies to disclose their seafood sourcing and related sustainability information. Moving forward, the ODP will continue to adapt in response to the changing needs of participants and other stakeholders, and SFP will continue to grow participation through engagement with industry, seek new ways to collaborate with other stakeholders, and evaluate opportunities for expanding the scope of disclosures to help drive improvements in fisheries and aquaculture.

ODP Participants – Past and Present

Participation in the ODP represents a pioneering shift to supply chain transparency for companies sourcing seafood, demonstrating their willingness to be held accountable and building trust with stakeholders.

Increasing transparency

The ODP has developed from simple PDF-based disclosures of source fisheries shared by a handful of companies to an online reporting platform for disclosure of wild-caught and farmed seafood sourcing, where users can view and search an archive of current and past disclosures for all companies that have participated. Since the launch of the ODP, 48 companies from around the world have participated in the project by voluntarily disclosing the details of their seafood sourcing and environmental impacts. Participants have included major retailers, fish feed manufacturers, suppliers and distributors, and meal kit and subscription food delivery companies.

Graph showing rise in number of companies participating in the ODP, beginning with 5 in 2015 and rising to 6 in 2016, 11 in 2017, 16 in 2018, 23 in 2019, 32 in 2020, 40 in 2021, 40 in 2022, 22 in 2023, 28 in 2024, and 28 in 2025

Total number of companies that have participated in the ODP by year, as of December 2025.

Where participants are located

The regional distribution of companies participating in the ODP has centered on the United Kingdom and the United States, reflecting the project’s initial UK-based financial support and the early involvement of SFP’s partners. However, the project’s global reach continues to broaden, notably extending into Asian markets through the participation of industry leaders such as Thai Union.

Become an ODP Participant

Supporting accountability

The ODP profiles form part of a company’s corporate sustainability reporting for seafood, with participating companies frequently highlighting their participation in their annual sustainability reports and on their sustainability webpages. Companies find participation to be a useful way to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability, share information internally, and communicate their sustainability performance and build trust with key stakeholders. When joining the ODP, many companies have highlighted its usefulness for sharing information with customers, consumers, and other stakeholders. Companies also identify participation as a helpful process for reviewing their sourcing data and the associated sustainability of their source fisheries and farmed seafood, and to help direct their efforts for improvements. Several companies have partnered with SFP to use their ODP data to inform bycatch audit reports.

Two women looking at packaged salmon in a grocery store

Testimonials from ODP participants

"For our brands, participation in the Ocean Disclosure Project is an important way to support transparency in seafood sourcing. Traceability is a key component of our sustainable seafood policies, and ODP helps make information about the fisheries that supply products across our seafood assortment more accessible to stakeholders."

Mark Eastham, Sustainable Products Lead, Ahold Delhaize USA, 2026
“As the first Australian retailer to participate in the Ocean Disclosure Project, ALDI Australia recognized early the importance of openly sharing seafood sourcing information. Ten years on, the ODP continues to provide clear visibility of where our wild-caught seafood comes from and how it is caught, while our partnership with Sustainable Fisheries Partnership supports ongoing improvement across the fisheries we source from.”

Daniel Baker, Sustainability Director, ALDI Australia, 2026
“At Co-op, we’ve supported the Ocean Disclosure Project from the outset, using it over the past decade to report openly on where our seafood comes from and how it is produced, helping to build trust with our members and customers and support progress towards more responsible practices across the industry.”

Sam Darley, Fisheries and Aquaculture Manager, Co-op, 2026

Testimonials from other organizations

Since the early days of the ODP, other stakeholders, including leading global campaign groups and high-profile investors have publicly supported the ODP and encouraged companies to participate. Other organizations working toward transparency and corporate accountability have also shown their support for the project. Companies that participate in the ODP have been recognized for their good performance, with data from the ODP being used by other organizations to help assess and hold companies accountable. Projects and reports that have used the ODP profiles to assess companies include the World Benchmarking Alliance’s Seafood Stewardship Index, Planet Tracker’s Seafood Database, Seachoice’s Seafood Progress, Changing Market’s Fishing the Feed campaign, Greenpeace USA’s report Carting Away the Oceans, and Bloom’s report Willful Ignorance.

"Throughout the years WBA has been benchmarking seafood companies, we have consistently recommended the Ocean Disclosure Project as a credible platform for transparency. It credibly demonstrates companies' commitment to strengthening their understanding of their supply chains while fostering trust among stakeholders.”

Helen Packer, Corporate Engagement Manager, World Benchmarking Alliance, 2026
“Transparency is essential if we are to accelerate action for ocean health. The Ocean Disclosure Project has made seafood-related information more accessible, consistent and useful for decision-makers, a goal fully aligned with CDP's mission. The Ocean Disclosure Project has demonstrated the value of greater visibility in seafood supply chains, helping businesses disclose the origins and environmental performance of their seafood sources. CDP's ocean disclosure work complements these efforts by enabling organisations across the economy to report on how ocean-related issues are governed, managed and incorporated into strategy and decision making. The two initiatives advance connected and complementary aspects of ocean transparency. ODP provides valuable supply-chain transparency and source-specific insight for seafood sourcing, while CDP helps create a common framework through which ocean-related information can be disclosed alongside climate, freshwater and land issues. Together, they help build the data, accountability and market signals needed to support a sustainable and resilient ocean economy.”

Oliver Tanqueray, Head of Ocean, Climate Disclosure Project, 2026
“Understanding the sustainability of raw materials is essential to the responsible investment community. The Ocean Disclosure Project allows investors to understand the sustainability performance of individual companies regarding seafood, as well as supporting high-quality dialogues that can lead to real positive change in the way we manage the oceans.”

Abigail Herron, Head of Responsible Investment, Aviva Investors, 2017
“Transparency is the first step towards ensuring sustainable sourcing and ethical supply chains. With the launch of its new website, the Ocean Disclosure Project is making it ever easier for companies and their customers to be confident that the fish they’re buying is sustainable. It’s a great resource, and we’d encourage companies to use it and to critically engage with improving their sustainability.”

Will McCallum, Head of Oceans, Greenpeace UK, 2015

Supporting international efforts

The ODP supports the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically Goal 14: Life Below Water. Disclosing their seafood sourcing through the ODP or other means represents one way in which businesses can contribute to the SDGs. Among other efforts, companies that commit to sourcing from more sustainable fisheries contribute to Target 14.4 to “effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices” by 2030. An ODP profile provides an assessment of whether that commitment is being fulfilled.