Publications
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March 10, 2023
SFP Materials
Bycatch Solutions Hub
An introduction to SFP's Bycatch Solutions Hub, an online resource that connects companies and innovators around the world to reverse the decline of ocean wildlife. -
March 10, 2023
SFP Materials
FIP Evaluation Tool Stages and Ratings
Detailed information about the stage and ratings definitions and criteria for SFP's Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) Evaluation Tool. -
March 10, 2023
SFP Materials
Does your seafood come from fishers that have the legal right to fish?
A briefing on the importance of ensuring that small-scale fishers have legal status and ways that industry can support legal registration of fishers in their source fisheries. -
March 10, 2023
SFP Materials
Why Business Needs to Support Small-Scale Fisheries and Co-Management
An introduction to the elements of co-management, the benefits to business, and how the seafood can support co-management in small-scale fisheries. -
March 10, 2023
SFP Materials
Supporting gear innovation in pot and trap fisheries
An introduction to ways that the seafood industry can support the trialing of ropeless, or on-demand, gear in fisheries that overlap with right whale habitat. -
December 9, 2022
Briefings
Reversing the Decline of Sharks, Sea Turtles, and Seabirds in the Western Central Pacific Ocean: An opportunity for major tuna buyers
How buyers of longline-caught canned and fresh/frozen tuna can reverse the decline of ocean wildlife in the Western Central Pacific Ocean by requiring the use of best practices and observation coverage in their source fisheries. -
December 9, 2022
Reports and Papers
Technical Report: How Adoption of Bycatch Mitigation Best Practices in Longline Tuna Fisheries Can Contribute to Reducing Nature Loss in the Western Central Pacific
A technical report that compiles detailed research on the impacts of commercial tuna longline fishing on endangered, threatened, and protected species in the Western Central Pacific Ocean, with recommendations for how buyers of longline-caught canned and fresh/frozen tuna can reverse the decline of sharks, sea turtles, and seabirds in the region. -
November 16, 2022
Briefings
How Coastal Shrimp Farming Can Support Mangrove Regeneration
How the shrimp farming industry can maximize the benefits of restoring mangroves from abandoned and active shrimp ponds by adopting a landscape approach to aquaculture management. -
November 16, 2022
Reports and Papers
Technical Report: How Coastal Shrimp Farming Can Support Effective Mangrove Regeneration
A technical report outlining the impact of shrimp farming on mangrove ecosystems in Asia, as well as opportunities to restore the vital ecosystems services that mangroves provide. -
November 14, 2022
Annual Reports
Innovation
Highlighting SFP's history of innovation in the sustainable seafood sector, from how we work with the seafood industry to the science, data, and information tools we created to support our goal of a world where the oceans are healthy and 100 percent of seafood is sustainable. This document also serves as our 2021-22 annual report. -
October 24, 2022
Sector Reports
Reduction Fisheries: 2022 Management and Stock Status Sustainability Overview – Part 1
Part 1 of the 13th edition of SFP's global sustainability overview of the main Pacific and Atlantic fish stocks used for reduction purposes. -
August 5, 2022
Reports and Papers
Have Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) adequately addressed key needs to monitor and mitigate fishery impacts on endangered, threatened, and protected (ETP) species?
A review of the effectiveness of FIPs in galvanizing conservation and sustainability improvements in fisheries and addressing the threat of ETP species bycatch. Includes recommendations to the supply chain. Published in the journal Marine Biology Research.