By Kaitlyn Bolduc

Charleston, Ore---

Shrimp season may be over this year, but the industry has just reached a huge mile stone.

"We're the only one in the world, the phone should start ringing anytime...people should start buying shrimp," said Hallmark Fishery Manager Scott Adams

Oregon's shrimp industry just made history, as the first commercial pink shrimp fishery to be certified as sustainable.

You're telling people that you have a product that's sustainable that we are fishing for a species that will not effect their future generations."

Its been a long time coming. They've been working on it since 2005. It didn't come easy.

" We've been looking for ways to increase value and so now we have product that two years ago we would sell and maybe loose $20,000 a truck load. Now maybe we'll make $20,000 a truck load."

Having a sustainable product puts Charleston in the public eye. Wholesalers and retailers can now use the Marine Stewardship Council logo to show consumers they are buying seafood from a fishery that has been responsibly managed. Major restaurant chains and stores have already showed interest in putting Hallmark's products on their menu.

"We want to sell to the public, to different restaurants and stores that care about the ecology and care about the fish. We want to sell a product that is sustainable. People can eat it and feel like they aren't eating the last shrimp in the world."

Next on the list, Dungeness Crab. The fishery hopes to eventually have all of their products certified.

If you plan to buy seafood and want to know which kind is sustainable, there is a list that you can get at your local grocery store that tells you where each product came from, and whether or not it is sustainable.