This is Dave Martin from Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) writing. I understand Outlaw Ocean is working on a story on aquaculture and fishmeal/fish oil, including some fisheries and geographies of interest to SFP. I recently reached out to John Hocevar, who suggested I contact you directly.

I wanted to make you aware of information in the public domain that would be relevant for your story. See below.

Especially with respect to West Africa, there have been numerous reports and news stories that follow the basic narrative of FMFO bad, farmed sal…

Thanks for getting in touch recently about our ongoing investigation. My name is Susan Ryan and I’m the Operations and Investigations Editor with The Outlaw Ocean Project, a journalism non-profit based in Washington D.C. that publishes stories about human rights and environmental issues connected with the sea.

I am contacting you regarding our ongoing investigation into aquaculture and the global fishmeal and fish oil industry, which has uncovered an array of industry-wide environmental and human rights concerns.

These concerns date from between 2018 and the present, and they pertain to even…

Happy New Year. Below please find some responses to your written questions. Happy to follow up as needed.

*Question 1) The Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements told Desmog in 2024 that the long-running partnerships, joint ventures, and financial ties between corporations and non-governmental organizations like the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership mean “they can no longer stand up and criticise their partners” and risk ending up in “rubber-stamping” or enabling conflicts of interest. A variety of other academics and organizations have made a similar critique. Can you offer a response t…

Thank you very much for your email dated January 6, 2026, and for the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership’s detailed responses to our questions.

We’ve read through the responses and have a few further questions for the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership: 1.) You mention that “Fisheries in FIPs are by definition unsustainable” and that this is why they are in FIPs and why, too, there is a ranking system for how each FIP is performing. Many companies seem to say though in their marketing materials that they only produce seafood from “sustainable” sources. In light of this fact, would it not stand…

*Question 1) You mention that “Fisheries in FIPs are by definition unsustainable” and that this is why they are in FIPs and why, too, there is a ranking system for how each FIP is performing. Many companies seem to say though in their marketing materials that they only produce seafood from “sustainable” sources. In light of this fact, would it not stand to reason that these companies should not in fact be sourcing from FIPs (since you say they are by definition “unsustainable”) even if these fisheries hope and are trying to improve? Is it your view that companies should be sourcing more from…