Impact
Healthy Ecosystems
Thriving fisheries only exist in healthy habitats.
When we talk about sustainable fisheries, it’s not just about the fish. It’s also about where they live. Healthy, balanced ecosystems lead to abundant fisheries and benefit industry, nature, and communities.
SFP bridges the gap between companies that want to take action to protect biodiversity and nature and organizations that are doing good work on the ground and in the water. And we help these organizations scale-up their activities, using the reach and leverage of industry to expand efforts for wider impact.
The most influential retailers and seafood brands are beginning to look beyond certification to guide their sourcing and monitor their impacts on nature and biodiversity. With our existing data tools and platforms, SFP can develop new ecosystem level indicators – in both aquaculture and wild-capture fisheries – that include environmental, governance, and social factors. These indicators can be applied at the jurisdictional or landscape level in key aquaculture areas, and in Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) in the ocean.
Protecting Ocean Wildlife
Protecting Ocean Wildlife
Hundreds of thousands of sharks, whales and dolphins, sea turtles, and seabirds are harmed or killed in commercial fishing each year. Our work on reducing this bycatch of non-target species focuses on adoption of best practices, increased monitoring, and development of new technologies.
Protecting Coastal Habitats
Protecting Coastal Habitats
Biodiversity-rich coastal areas – where the land meets the sea – provide habitats for marine species, land and resources for aquaculture, and homes and livelihoods for fishing and farming communities. Our work focuses on promoting ecosystem aquaculture and empowering coastal communities to protect and restore coastal habitats.
Protecting Ocean Habitats
Protecting Ocean Habitats
Marine protected areas (MPAs) should be designed through an inclusive process that ensures the needs of fishing communities are balanced with those of ocean ecosystems and species. Through our market relationships, SFP can bring stakeholders from local communities to corporate partners to the table and help make them champions of marine protection.
Help us support healthy ecosystems.
Contact our Biodiversity & Nature team to learn more about how your company can contribute to thriving marine and coastal habitats and wildlife.