Returning US fisheries to abundance

For nearly two decades, EDF experts have worked with fishermen and fishery managers to restore US fisheries. Overfishing has dropped 60% in federal waters since 2000; and better management is providing more stable fishing jobs and increased revenue.

We are proud to have helped spur significant advances in sustainability. Red snapper populations in the Gulf of Mexico are now three times the size they were in 2007, when we helped reform that fishery, and in 2014 the Marine Stewardship Council acknowledged the results of our work on the West Coast when it certified 13 species of Pacific groundfish as sustainable.

We see a future in which fishermen are better off because US fisheries are flourishing, providing a stable and healthy source of food and recreation, and a safe, profitable, and long-term means of making a living across the country.

Our work focuses on three key regions in the United States:
-New England
-Gulf of Mexico
-Pacific