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  Improving equity for artisanal fishers in Chile’s southern hake fishery

  Legal loopholes have historically enabled industrial fleets to capture the majority of southern hake landings in Chile, diminishing market opportunities for artisanal fishers. However, a new law on fishing quotas corrects this unequal distribution in the fishery and helps safeguard the resource which, according to the Chilean Undersecretariat of Fisheries…

  

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  MarinTrust and Sustainable Fisheries Partnership sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration on marine ingredient responsible sourcing

  Athens – MarinTrust and Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize and strengthen their collaborative efforts in promoting responsible practices across the marine ingredient value chain. Recognizing the complementary nature of their missions, MarinTrust and SFP have agreed to accelerate…

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  The shrimp may be small, but the vision is large: Why an ecosystem approach to aquaculture is the answer for both shrimp farms and coastal mangrove forests

  It doesn’t matter whether you’re farming shrimp or sheep, catfish or coffee, oysters or oil palm, getting individual farms certified is an important step. But it will not be enough to save the ecosystems those farms are part of. And if the ecosystems are degrading, so too are assurances of…

  

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  Cassandra De Young

  Cassandra De Young supports SFP’s efforts in bridging the gap between supply and demand for sustainable seafood from small-scale fisheries in the Global South, with a special emphasis on creating enabling environments for environmental stewardship by fishing communities. Cassandra has more than 20 years of experience in fisheries governance, environmental…

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  Prioritizing Impact

  Our 2024-25 Annual Report, highlighting SFP's approach to measuring progress through impact.

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  Empowering small-scale fishers to lead sustainable demersal fisheries in Indonesia

  Indonesia’s small-scale demersal fisheries – targeting species like snapper, grouper, and octopus – are a vital source of food and income for coastal communities. But these fisheries are under growing pressure from climate change, habitat degradation, coastal development, and limited access to rights and resources. In regions such as Sulawesi,…

  

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  Building trust and answering doubts: How a road trip led to industry leadership and collaboration in the U.S. Gulf shrimp fishery

  When we first approached shrimp processors in the U.S. Gulf back in 2008, it was a disaster. Most companies didn’t even bother to show up, and at the time, it wasn’t hard to understand why. Like most businesses in most supply chains, processors and fishing companies were already overwhelmed with…

  

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  3Keel COMPASS

  What is it? 3Keel COMPASS (Commodities Performance Assessments for Sustainability) is a platform that can be used to benchmark traders in your supply chain, providing high-quality insights, easy-to-use assessment data, and detailed analysis on trader performance in forest-risk commodity supply chains.  It is designed for a wide variety of organisations…

  

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  Scaling Success: Bluer Seas and the Path to Sustainable Fisheries in the Philippines

  A history of how SFP and Bluer Seas Philippines are working with domestic seafood buyers and producers to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and promote responsible seafood sourcing, through a system specifically designed for the Philippines market context.

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  Building the Foundation for a Sustainable Jumbo Flying Squid Fishery

  A history of SFP's collaboration with local squid producers and processors, exporters, NGOs, industry, and government regulators in the world’s largest squid fishery to drive continuous improvements and give a voice to local stakeholders.

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