In sharing our new Strategic Plan, we reflect on our results to date, with an eye toward our future goals and the journey toward sustainable fisheries.
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Science Is Our Guide
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Science, not politics or profit, drives the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation.
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More than 70 percent of our budget goes toward original, collaborative research by leading marine scientists across a wide range of fields.
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Our research leads to policies and practices that promote better fishery management.
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Through ISSF, Many Voices Speak
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Our success depends on the diversity of our stakeholders: scientists, NGOs, governments, and foundations, as well as fishing, processing, retail, and food-service companies.
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Working together, our stakeholders develop science-based policies and practices that get proven results.
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ISSF is unique in uniting a long-term vision of conservation with a businesslike concern for accountability and results.
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We Side with the Facts, Not the Funders
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Support from conservation-oriented foundations balances the support we receive from industry.
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Scientific institutions, NGOs, and fishing companies provide in-kind support as well as financial backing.
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All of our sponsors respect our independence. No supporting organization controls our policies, our practices, or the findings of our research.
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We Clear the Way for Collaboration
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ISSF values the interests and expertise of all of our stakeholders: scientists, NGOs, governments, and foundations, as well as fishing, processing, retail, and food-service companies.
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When our stakeholders disagree, we help them find common ground.
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We Don’t Certify Fisheries. We Do Help Them Meet Certification Requirements
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The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) sets the most widely recognized standard for fishery sustainability.
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Fisheries work with ISSF to bring their tuna-stock, ecosystem, and fishery-management performance up to MSC expectations.
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