Global seafood project resource library

Seafood Sustainability Series

The Seafood Sustainability Series explores challenges and opportunities across the seafood sector. Each volume offers insights and recommendations for those seeking a deeper understanding of these critical sustainability dimensions.

Aquaculture Governance Indicators

The Aquaculture Governance Indicators identify various types of governance mechanisms commonly used and provide a framework for assessing performance and effectiveness of these mechanisms to manage ecological impacts.

Verification Platform

Powered by a tablet or smartphone, the Verification Platform is a web-based application that allows staff, partners, and trained farmers to quickly collect data on farm operations and local site conditions using a series of interactive and interdependent questions. Through built-in scoring algorithms, the Platform instantly determines a farm’s performance against the Seafood Watch aquaculture standard. 

Partnership Assurance Model 

The Partnership Assurance Model (PAM) provides a scalable and inclusive model for sustainable aquaculture improvement. The PAM brings together local and national governments, farmers, and end buyers to co-design, implement, and verify environmental improvements throughout the production process.

Seafood Carbon Emissions Tool

The Seafood Carbon Emissions Tool provides information on the carbon footprints of fisheries and aquaculture products and compares them to those of terrestrial protein products. Hosted by Dalhousie University, we co-created the tool with Dr. Peter Tyedmers in 2010 to explore opportunities to communicate greenhouse gas emissions associated with products from fisheries and aquaculture as an additional aspect of seafood sustainability.

Seafood Social Risk Tool

The Seafood Social Risk Tool identifies areas within seafood supply chains that are at higher risk of containing forced labor, human trafficking, and hazardous child labor so businesses can focus their efforts to improve conditions throughout their supply chains. Explore all seafood risk profiles, including tuna, shrimp, and squid, with key findings and expert reviews.