International Seafood Sustainability Foundation

International Seafood Sustainability Foundation
HeadquartersMcLean, Virginia
Membership
World Wildlife Fund

Asian Group
Bolton Alimentari
Bumble Bee Foods
Chicken of the Sea International
Chotiwat Manufacturing Company
Clover Leaf Seafoods
Conservas Garavilla, S.A.
Dongwon
FRINSA
Jealsa Rianxeira S. A.
MPP Trading
MW Brands
Negocios Industriales Real NIRSA S.A.
Pataya Foods
Princes
R.S. Cannery
Salica
Sea Value Company
StarKist Company
Thai Union Manufacturing Company
TriMarine International

Vier Diamanten
President
Susan Jackson[1]
Websitewww.iss-foundation.org

International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) was formed in 2009 as a global, non-profit partnership among the tuna industry, scientists and World Wide Fund for Nature.[2] The multistakeholder group states its mission is "to undertake science-based initiatives for the long-term conservation and sustainable use of tuna stocks, reducing bycatch and promoting ecosystem health".[3] Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) are primarily responsible for managing the world's tuna stocks—skipjack, yellowfin and albacore tuna, the species most commonly processed for canned and shelf-stable tuna products, but their parliamentary procedures too often allow the short-term economic and political interests of nations to prevent sustainable measures from being adopted. ISSF works to ensure that effective international management practices are in place to maintain the health of all the tuna stocks.

While ISSF is not generally involved in the bluefin segment of the industry, which primarily supplies the sashimi market, the board has enacted a statement of concern urging the adoption of policies supporting proper management of bluefin in the Atlantic – one of the most threatened of all tuna stocks, and they now include bluefin populations in their Status of the Stocks Reports.[4]

  1. ^ "Board of Directors". International Seafood Sustainability Foundation. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  2. ^ "'Unprecedented' Global Partnership Launched Address The Growing Threats To Global Tuna Populations". Underwater Times. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  3. ^ "About ISSA « ISSA". Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  4. ^ "Status of the Stocks – International Seafood Sustainability Foundation". iss-foundation.org. Archived from the original on 2011-04-02.