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Healthy oceans help sustain the planet, feed the world, alleviate poverty and support fishers and their communities, even in the face of climate change. EDF works with partners worldwide to strengthen and preserve the health of oceans and the fisheries reliant on them.

As American consumers and fishermen both grapple with impacts from the spread of the new coronavirus, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today urged U.S. consumers to look for new ways to add more healthy American-caught fresh fish to their diets.

Mexico is well positioned to build climate resilience into its fisheries management and make significant contributions to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, according to leaders speaking at an annual meeting focused on sustainable fisheries and climate change.

The passage of new amendment provides Gulf states with more flexibility to set seasons that work for their anglers, while ensuring accountability

The following is a statement by Tim Fitzgerald, director of impact for Environmental Defense Fund’s Oceans Program, made at the United Nations today as part of its preparatory meeting for the 2020 U.N. Ocean Conference on suggested elements for the upcoming declaration to support the implementation of SDG Goal 14: Life Below Water.

According to new research, many European fish populations are on the move due to warming oceans and increasing numbers. Read and discover more.

New rules by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have gone into effect on Jan. 1 to increase protections to deep-sea ecosystems by creating one of the largest marine protected areas off the U.S. West Coast while simultaneously re-opening newly restored fishing grounds.

The country of Belize, a global leader in ocean conservation, today took a critical step by taking key action to adopt a national law to protect its ocean waters from inadequately managed fishing, said Environmental Defense Fund.

Fisheries are critically important for nutrition, food security and livelihoods of people around the world. With climate change expected to alter fisheries worldwide, building climate-resilient fisheries is key—read about five pathways governments and stakeholders can take so fisheries can thrive and continue to provide needed resources.

In Chile and Peru, EDF works in collaboration with the main fishing actors to promote resilient and sustainable fishing.

Issues of unfairness and inequity in fisheries have an outsized impact on many nations that rely on fish for food, nutrition and livelihoods, which are most prevalent in the developing tropics and Global South.

EDF guide to choosing seafood that can help support fishing communities around the world — and protect the environment too.

EDF makes the case for climate-smart fisheries management on release of IPCC special report.

If you take care of fish, you’re taking care of a world where people and nature can prosper together. It is not too late to think this way. Believing we can make a difference is essential.

Japan’s fishing fleets could generate $5.5 billion in annual profits while supporting a 30% increase in populations of fish by 2065 if they fo this.

The government of Cuba enacted sweeping reforms of its fishing laws to increase protection for some of the world’s most vibrant marine ecosystems.

EDF has issued a list of the top five changes that anglers can use to be in-the-know before they hit the water to fish for red snapper this season.

In a bold step for the sustainability of its fisheries and the world’s second largest barrier reef, the government of Belize has approved a plan to set aside 10% of its territorial waters as no-take marine protected areas (MPAs), nearly tripling the size of its existing zones.

By giving fishers long-term and secure rights, we can make sustainability a priority. EDF explains how we can reverse the overfishing crisis.

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.

Equipping boats with digital tools could help stem fishing industry losses while targeting the biggest threat to our oceans — overfishing.

Statement from Robert Jones, Gulf of Mexico Director, Environmental Defense Fund

EDF applauded the leadership of Japanese lawmakers and the Abe Administration as Japan’s legislature enacted significant reform of its fisheries laws.

Fishing industry stakeholders gathered last week in a collaborative workshop hosted by Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) Philippines program aimed at tackling pressing problems like overfishing.

A major reform effort to make one of Indonesia’s most valuable fisheries more sustainable received a significant boost today at the Our Oceans Conference being held in Bali, Indonesia.