Q&A: Verifying Sustainability Commitments in the Global Seafood Supply Chain
What makes a sustainability commitment credible — and how can stakeholders know whether companies are following through?
ISSF President Susan Jackson and MRAG Americas Vice President Dr. Graeme Parkes discuss more than a decade of independent auditing of ISSF participating companies, including how audits work, why transparency matters, and what the results show about progress over time.
Tracking Progress Through Independent Audits
ISSF’s latest compliance report provides independently audited results for 24 participating companies. For the 2025 audit period, companies achieved 98.8% conformance across 32 ISSF Conservation Measures.
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ISSF uses independent audits, public reporting, and other transparency tools to verify participating company and vessel commitments.
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