ABOUT US

“Seafood Legacy” is a social venture company that offers sustainable seafood consulting services with the aim of ensuring that our future generations can inherit the abundant seafood that embodies the deep connections between our local communities, fishery economics, and marine ecosystems.

Our goals include supporting seafood supply chain companies to procure sustainable seafood, supporting NGOs in their activities associated with fisheries, and sharing our strategic planning capabilities and communication channels with companies engaged in CSR initiatives.

Seafood Legacy designs regional solutions that meet the latest international standards through a non-competitive platform that brings our diverse stakeholders together to tackle existing challenges through the power of collaboration.

Responsibility to future generations

Our first responsibility is to maintain connections between the environment, the economy and society for future generations. The ocean is a common asset for mankind and a resource we borrow from future generations. We plan our activities with the vision of future generations enjoying the benefits of the ocean. We strive to maintain a high level of integrity—and are committed to fair and ethical judgment and action.

Responsibility to our partners

Our second responsibility is to our partner organizations; governments, corporations, and philanthropic organizations that are committed to fulfilling their social responsibility to future generations. By understanding the potential needs of partner organizations, participating in related innovative fields and designing regional solutions based on international standards, we exceed our partners’ expectations.

Responsibility to our employees

Our third responsibility is to our colleagues with whom we collaborate to achieve our common goals. We aim for every employee and team to find joy in their work and to support each other and enhance our strengths. Our employees work hard to support their families. We support that by ensuring safe working conditions.

SEAFOOD LEGACY 2030 JAPAN VISION

2030, the target year for achieving the SDGs.

Seafood Legacy’s vision is,
to filled everyone who lives together with the sea with smile
And create the world lightning with hope toward future,
By turning Japan's fishing industry into a sustainable-growing industry,

To create a new Japanese identity to the world,
By 2030, the target year for achieving the SDGs.



1. Nation as an Advanced Seafood Market
A nation with an advanced seafood market
That guarantees that 75% or more of the seafood distributed domestically
Are environmentally sustainable and socially responsible
Or are undergoing reforms to guarantee them

2. Nation as a strong seafood producer
A nation with an advanced seafood market
That guarantees that 75% or more of the seafood produced domestically
Are environmentally sustainable and social responsible
Or are undergoing reforms to guarantee them

3. Nation Leading Global Cooperation
Take leadership in driving global cooperation
To draw up international frameworks for stock management in high seas and for highly migratory fish
For the sake of sustainability



SEAFOOD LEGACY THEORY OF CHANGE

For the numerous multinational seafood corporations based in Japan cooperating to pursue environmental sustainability and social responsibility, Seafood Legacy believes that it is important to create an environment where the initiative can be performed well in Japan.

For that very reason, we support sustainable seafood procurement initiatives not only for corporations but also major retailers and food service industries while also giving consultation for investment institutions and banks regarding ESG investment which gains increasing attention. Additionally, we also continue to design and operate a non-competitive collaborative platform that connects the various sectors.

Active lobbying of government policies that help both the industry and the sustainable seafood movement is also indispensable.

Some of our staff members of Seafood Legacy act as expert advisors in multiple related government commissions, were involved in amendments for the Fishery Act and the enactment of the Fishery Trading Regulations, and continue to contribute to debates and adjustments to government fishery policy on pursuing sustainability. At the same time, we also collaborate with special NGOs, think tanks, foundations, etc. in Japan and abroad to collect information from every corner of the world and continue to make proposals with the goal of accelerating future-oriented fishery policies.

​​Connecting the various initiatives by the industry and the government and incorporating them into the movement, visualizing the advancement of the movement, and building systems that various stakeholders can participate in actively are also activities that Seafood Legacy sees as crucial. Every autumn, we host the “Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit (TSSS)” that has grown into the largest-scale event in Asia, focused on sustainable seafood, and we also operate “Seafood Legagcy Times”, an online media that introduces innovators who are paving the way towards a future of sustainable seafood.

We believe that the pursuit for environmental sustainability and social responsibility on fishery will also be, or even more grandly celebrated, in Japan due to our close relationship with the sea compared to other nations, when it is finally achieved.

As a social enterprise, we will give our full support to partners that are truly determined to fulfill their responsibility to future generations, learn about various foreign case studies, and collaborate to shape solutions optimum for Japan in order to contribute to making our oceans sustainable and bountiful.