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.
Our research leads to policies and practices that promote better fishery management.
Through ISSF, Many Voices Speak
Our success depends on thediversity of our stakeholders: scientists, NGOs, governments, and foundations, as well as fishing, processing, retail, and food-service companies.
Working together, our stakeholders develop science-based policies and practices that get proven results.
ISSF is unique in uniting a long-term vision of conservation with a businesslike concern for accountability and results.
We Side with the Facts, Not the Funders
Supportfrom conservation-oriented foundations balances the support we receive from industry.
Scientific institutions, NGOs, and fishing companies provide in-kind support as well as financial backing.
All of our sponsors respect our independence. No supporting organization controls our policies, our practices, or the findings of our research.
We Clear the Way for Collaboration
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.
When our stakeholders disagree, we help them find common ground.
We Don’t Certify Fisheries. We Do Help Them Meet Certification Requirements