WorldFish Center is a unique international research center involved in research on fisheries and other living aquatic resources. Their vision is to contribute to food security and poverty eradication in developing countries. Their mission is to promote sustainable development and use of living aquatic resources based on environmentally sound management. The Challenge

• One billion people rely on fish as a source of animal protein.
• One hundred and fifty million people depend on fish for employment.
• There are 80 or 90 million new people in the world every year to be fed, most of them poor and in developing countries.
• Natural fish stocks are being severely depleted and under serious threat. Many forms of aquaculture have yet to prove their sustainability and be accessible to the poor.

WorldFish Center's response. They work to:

• Raise and sustain the productivity of fisheries and aquaculture systems;
• Protect the aquatic environment;
• Save aquatic biodiversity;
• Improve policies for sustainable development of aquatic resources; and
• Strengthen the capacity of national programs to support sustainable development.