
Empowering fishing communities worldwide
The problem: More than 3 billion people around the world rely on seafood as a primary source of protein, yet climate change and overfishing are straining fisheries and ocean ecosystems. This puts people’s nutritional needs and livelihoods at risk, and threatens the variety of life in the oceans, too.
What we’re doing about it: Through policy, technology and financing, we’re empowering fishing communities around the world to take a leading role in protecting ocean ecosystems and promoting sustainable fisheries. Our goal is to ensure that by 2030, fisheries in the world’s top fishing nations are more resilient to climate change.
Our work strengthening fishing communities around the world
- Explainer
How to reverse the overfishing crisis
- Website
A guide to blue carbon, stored in ocean waters, sediments and plants
- Report
Building resilience for the oceans
- Overview
Paving the way for sustainable aquaculture
- Case study
How fishing rights helped Gulf fishermen bounce back
- Initiative
Harnessing technology for fisheries and climate-resilient oceans
Where we work
By focusing strategically on these parts of the world, we can make fishing practices sustainable for more than half of the global fish catch.
Partner perspective
We view EDF as a critical partner to making fishing sustainable in the Philippines.
Eduardo Gongona
Undersecretary, Philippines Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Research
Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on sustainable fishing.
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As El Niño intensifies climate-related storms, the world's food producers turn to technology to adapt
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Celebrating the fishers adapting in the face of a changing climate
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Ecuador's crabbers and the muddy work of saving mangroves
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Putting blue food on the menu at COP28
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EDF Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Conserve Vital Chevron Doctrine
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Investing in life below water is an investment in all sustainable development goals
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Sustainable fishing resources
Dig deeper into our work with these resources for researchers, policymakers, journalists and communities.
Our fisheries experts
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Kate Bonzon
Vice President, Climate Resilient Fisheries
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Juan Manuel Calderón
National Policy Director, Mexico Fisheries & Oceans
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Fenjie Chen
Senior Manager/Representative, Japan Fisheries & Oceans
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Kristin Kleisner
Senior Director, Oceans Science
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Valerie Miller
Director, Cuba Fisheries & Oceans
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Pedro Zapata
Senior Director, Global Fisheries & Oceans Initiatives
Partner perspective
EDF has been an honest broker. They’re helping us navigate the science in a rapidly changing environment.
Mauricio Galvez
Head of Research at IFOP (Instituto de Fomento Pesquero), Chile
Media contact
Maddie Voorhees
(415) 293-6103 (office)