EDF, together with regional partners, works toward healthy ecosystems and oceans that benefit coastal communities. These organizations held the virtual seminar, “Climate change-resilient fisheries in the Caribbean,” with a focus on Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

By Bavidra Mohan, Director of Acumen Academy, and Jeff Young, Senior Manager, Global Capacity Development, Environmental Defense Fund The small-scale fisheries sector is a powerful example of our interconnectedness. Small-scale fisheries employ 90% of all fishworkers globally, supplying nearly half of the world’s fish catch each year. In addition to feeding coastal communities, seafood harvested […]

EDF guide to blue carbon, the carbon stored in ocean waters and the sediments and plants of coastal habitats.

EDF and partners around the world are working to elevate seafood’s role in addressing food insecurity, particularly in tropical developing nations, and to open new opportunities for sustainable and resilient marine ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.

A digital revolution within fisheries can help solve the ocean’s greatest challenges while improving sustainability and profitability. Take a deeper dive in EDF's latest film, “Fishing Smarter.”

Environmental Defense Fund seeks to contribute to sustainable fisheries in Japan by working directly with fishing industry, government and academic partners, and by sharing learnings from similar cases encountered around the world.

New technologies cannot themselves fix the fisheries crisis that we face. But as EDF lays out in this report, they do open an unprecedented window of opportunity to dramatically broaden access to the fishery management approaches that have been proven to work.

Our Oceans Technology Solutions work is revolutionizing sustainable fisheries.

Scientists have long warned that warming seas could devastate fisheries. But research from EDF and its partners shows how smart management can help revive our oceans, even with climate change.

Billions of dollars go into fisheries every year, but very little is directed to making fishing more sustainable. We're re-framing the investment opportunity to support thriving oceans and communities.

This report from EDF and the Nicholas Institute at Duke University defines the core challenge for fisheries finance, or the "fisheries finance gap", and explores opportunities to combine different types of capital in in support of sustainable wild-capture fisheries

We're changing farming and fishing to help boost the global food supply for a growing population—while also protecting nature.

Buddy Guindon is a Gulf of Mexico fisherman who has seen his livelihood improve under a fishing rights system EDF implemented in partnership with the local fishing industry.

We teamed up with local partners and other environmental groups to address the depletion of Belizean fisheries. Under a system based on stewardship, fishermen respect no-take zones -- and still catch more fish.

The Gulf of Mexico supplies more than 40% of our domestic seafood and provides billions of dollars a year in wages for the fishing and tourism industries across five states.

For nearly two decades, EDF experts have worked with fishermen and fishery managers to restore U.S. fisheries. Now, the number of federally managed overfished species is at an all-time low.

Catch shares are a promising solution for reviving fisheries and fishing communities. Here’s a quick guide to how they work.

Our partnership with Cuban stakeholders is founded in science and built on strong local relationships.

The Fishery Solutions Center (FSC) is a team within EDF’s Oceans program that designs and develops innovative fishery management tools and strategies to support efforts to reverse overfishing and restore our oceans to abundance.