The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) is a global partnership among leaders in science, the tuna industry and WWF, the world's leading conservation organization. Our mission is to undertake science-based initiatives for the long-term conservation and sustainable use of tuna stocks, reducing bycatch and promoting ecosystem health.
ISSF is focused on ensuring that effective conservation and management practices are in place to maintain the health of all tuna stocks. This requires close cooperation with the world’s major tuna regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) and their scientific committees. The RFMOs and their members (nations joined together by treaty) are primarily responsible for managing the world’s tuna stocks. While these governing bodies are well intentioned, grounded in good science and in many instances effective, parliamentary procedures too often allow the short-term economic and political interests of some of their member nations to trump good science.
ISSF puts the focus on the fishery using science, advocacy and direct action to change attitudes in favor of more responsible, sustainable practices on the water.
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