NGO Partners

Monterey Bay Aquarium's Sustainable Seafood Initiative and its Seafood Watch brand work to broaden awareness of the links between the seafood on our plates and the health of our oceans. We help consumers and businesses choose seafood that supports environmentally responsible fishing and fish farming practices. By harnessing market forces and the power of consumer choice, we seek to create a demand for seafood that comes from sustainable and environmentally responsible sources.

Environmental Defense Fund is a leading national nonprofit organization, Environmental Defense Fund represents more than 500,000 members. Since 1967, EDF has linked science, economics, law and innovative private-sector partnerships to create breakthrough solutions to the most serious environmental problems. Partnerships with seafood buyers have led to new internal policies that source more environmentally friendly seafood while giving suppliers the flexibility to find the most efficient way to meet these targets.

FishChoice is an online tool to help seafood buyers find seafood products that are environmentally preferable. FishChoice works with other environmental organizations that rank and certify seafood products based on their environmental preferability. Products are found that meet the criteria set by the scientific methods determined by the environmental organizations. The seafood products are listed online with product level information for seafood buyers that will help determine how a product can be procured.

World Wildlife Fund is dedicated to protecting the world's wildlife and the rich diversity on which our survival and prosperity depend, has been a privately supported multinational conservation organization for over 45 years and it sponsors more than 2000 projects in over 100 countries each year. Securing sustainable fisheries and healthy marine ecosystems is only possible by working with the fishing and aquaculture industries along their entire seafood value chains.

New England Aquarium is committed to developing and implementing new solutions to protect the oceans and balance the human impacts on them through our conservation and research programs. The Aquarium works with some of the largest seafood retailers, restaurant chains and suppliers to encourage the sustainable development of farmed and wild-caught seafood resources.

Blue Ocean Institute's From Sea to Table program helps seafood lovers understand that people exert their most direct impact on the ocean through the seafood they eat. Their objectives include: 1) providing advice and technical assistance to expedite restaurant and retail acceptance of seafood sustainability practices; 2) working with retailers to test the effectiveness of our seafood ranking methodology at the fishery and farm level; and 3) building partnerships to promote sustainability and create a community among various seafood market sectors.

David Suzuki Foundation is a national, science based conservation organization located in Vancouver, Canada that works on a range of conservation and sustainability initiatives. This program includes sustainable fisheries initiatives that help ensure healthy oceans and sustainable fishing and aquaculture practices.

Living Oceans Society is Canada's largest, and British Columbia's only, marine environmental organization. We believe that people are part of the environment and that by protecting the B.C. coastal ecosystem, we can build sustainable communities today and for our children.

Ocean Conservancy encourages seafood buyers to engage in restoring troubled, "red-listed" fisheries. Buyers can make a huge impact by doing business with fishermen who are committed to sustainable fishing practices and by supporting better management that improves the fishery. Rather than walking away from these troubled fisheries, seafood buyers demonstrate to fishermen and consumers their lasting commitment to improve once-thriving fisheries. To assist seafood buyers that want to help rebuild unsustainable fisheries, Ocean Conservancy provides a platform for easy engagement in policy and fisheries management issues.

Natural Resource Defense Council is a national, not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. NRDC has long been active in efforts to promote sustainable fisheries at the national and international levels. Support of the private sector for government policies that promote sustainable fisheries is a key component of the Common Vision.

Shedd Aquarium is a nonprofit institution dedicated to public education and conservation, is among the world's largest indoor aquariums. The facility houses nearly 32,500 aquatic animals representing some 1,600 species of fishes, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, birds and mammals from waters around the world. Shedd Aquarium has been a leader in the zoo and aquarium profession for more than 75 years.

Ecology Action Center as established in 1971, the Ecology Action Centre is Nova Scotia's largest and most active environmental organization. Making extensive use of science and fishermen's knowledge, the EAC has focused its efforts on reducing fishing gear impacts on the ocean floor, the protection of fish habitat, and the support and promotion of sustainable fisheries initiatives.

Sierra Club British Columbia is a democratic grassroots organization dedicated to the conservation of British Columbia's natural legacy. Their mission is to protect and restore British Columbia's rich tapestry of species, ecosystems and human health by promoting innovative, evidence based solutions; inspiring and engaging a broad network of grassroots support; and li nking people and decision makers.

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is Canada's grassroots voice for wilderness. They have a focus on marine conservation which includes working to create marine protected areas and changing fishing and marine use practices to be sustainable.