International Seafood Sustainabilit Association Inc

International seafood sustainability trade association (issta) is a non-profit corporation. Its main purposes are to inform and educate its members on emerging policies and practices to benefit marine ecosystems on a worldwide basis and to promote sustainable fishing practices and fisheries, both wild and farmed, through a variety of conservation activities, including dissemination to the industry of the results of the scientific research by worldwide conservation organizations, including without limitation on the international seafood sustainability foundation (issf), encourage adherence to such sustainable practices, and conduct a broad range of educational and training activities concerning the importance and benefits to the seafood industry, beginning with the tuna industry, of developing industry adherence to seafood sustainability criteria.