The Global Benchmark Tool:

Confidence in
Certified Seafood

SEAFOOD MAP:

Connecting seafood actors

​to accelerate sustainable change

 

 

 

 

The Spotlight Series

GSSI’S VISION IS FOR

More sustainable seafood for everyone

Who
we are

The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative is a pre-competitive public-private partnership uniting hundreds of organizations worldwide, all committed to one purpose:

More sustainable seafood. For everyone.

 

We are on a

mission

to ensure confidence in certified seafood and drive continuous improvement in seafood sustainability worldwide.

What we offer

A Global Partnership

We unite thought leaders from across the seafood sector to identify challenges, shape the industry’s future, and amplify collective action for sustainable seafood.

Our Global Benchmark Tool

Built on FAO Guidelines, our tool drives improvement in environmental stewardship and good governance across wild and farmed seafood. It brings clarity, confidence, and choice to a crowded certification landscape.

The Social Benchmark Tool

Developed with the CGF Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI), this tool promotes social justice by ensuring ethical, responsible practices behind certified seafood choices.

Seafood MAP

A global platform offering everyone from smallholders to industry giants a place to build capacity, plan, implement, and communicate their sustainability journey. By connecting the sector, the platform will help close the gap for under-resourced producers who are currently left out of the process.

Outreach

We showcase Partner leadership, raise awareness, and build momentum for sustainable seafood through global storytelling and engagement.

Our collaboration with the FAO

Promoting international guidelines for the seafood sector

 

GSSI has worked in close partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its member states since its inception to operationalize and champion internationally agreed guidelines and instruments in the seafood sector.

 

The FAO Guidelines are at the heart of all GSSI programs, bringing sustainability to the forefront of the work being done in the seafood sector and to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Moving forward, multi-stakeholder collaboration will be increasingly important to achieve the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. FAO continues to see GSSI as a key partner who can align different stakeholders in the field, provide credible benchmarks that set the bar for responsible practices, support implementation of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and amplify actions that will help us achieve the 2030 Goals.

Dr. Audun Lem, Deputy Director of the Policy and Resources Division in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO

Join Us

GSSI welcomes any company or organization active within the seafood sector to join the Global Partnership
(excluded from this are certification schemes, standards and ratings bodies).