Compesca’s Citlali Gómez Lepe Joins GSA Board of Directors
The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) is pleased to announce that Citlali Gómez Lepe, President of Comepesca, has joined its Board of Directors.
Gómez Lepe has more than two decades of experience in commercial and rural aquaculture. She and her family founded Neminatura, a multi-species aquaculture facility, in 1992 and since then have been breeding rainbow trout and developing small-scale projects for responsible agriculture and aquaculture in Central Mexico.
Gómez Lepe is also the founder of Pesca con Futuro, a market-based industry movement that seeks to raise awareness about the importance of sustainable fishing and aquaculture and promotes responsible production and consumption of sustainable seafood in Mexico. Pesca con Futuro is part of the organization Consejo Mexicano de Promoción de los Productos Pesqueros y Acuícolas (Comepesca), which aims to promote consumption of Mexican seafood products. She has been the president of Comepesca since 2017. She is also the founder of Alpescas, the Latin American Alliance for Sustainable Fishing.
“We are thrilled to welcome Citlali to our Board of Directors,” said GSA CEO Mike Kocsis. “Her diverse perspective and breadth of experience in the seafood industry will be an enormous asset as GSA continues to strengthen its mission of advancing responsible seafood practices worldwide.”
“I’m honored to join the Global Seafood Alliance’s Board of Directors,” said Gómez Lepe. “I believe strongly in GSA’s mission to promote responsible practices throughout the seafood supply chain. I look forward to contributing my experience and passion for this industry to support the organization’s important work worldwide.”
About Global Seafood Alliance
The Global Seafood Alliance is an international, nonprofit trade association dedicated to advancing responsible seafood practices through education, advocacy and third-party assurances. Through the development of its certification programs, GSA has become the leading provider of assurances for wild and farmed seafood globally. The organization’s work addresses the full spectrum of responsibility, from environmental responsibility and social accountability to food safety. Established in 1997 as the Global Aquaculture Alliance, GSA is headquartered in Portsmouth, N.H., USA. To learn more, visit www.globalseafood.org.
