Dive in and Celebrate Our Oceans this Marine Month!

Marine Month is more than just a celebration; it’s a call to action! We all have a role to play in safeguarding our oceans. Whether enjoying a day at the beach or simply buying seafood, your choices make a difference. In October we celebrate our oceans a little extra as it marks National Marine Month, […]

Meet The Women Of WWF-SASSI

We have had some shifts and additions to our dynamic team. From marine outreach and awareness, market transformation, corporate engagement, marketing & comms, to behaviour change, the team covers multiple spheres to keep our oceans top of mind! Let us re-introduce ourselves! Pavitray Pillay (Pavs): Corporate Engagement and Behaviour Change Lead Pavs holds a BSc […]

SASSI Tools Upgrade

Make waves with the upgraded WWF-SASSI App! The WWF-SASSI mobile app just got even better! With our latest upgrade, you can now enjoy both an AI-powered Fish ID feature and the exciting Oceans Challenge game, alongside the SASSI list, making it easier than ever to choose sustainable seafood while cooking, dining out, or shopping. Download […]

The Journey Of Seafood

In 2024, the WWF-SASSI Retailer Supplier Participation Scheme (RSPS) put the spotlight on traceability. So, what exactly is traceability? It’s all about being able to follow a product’s entire journey—from where it starts to where it ends up. When it comes to seafood, this means tracking it from the moment it’s caught or farmed, right […]

On The Menu: WWF-SASSI

A 2022 report by WWF-SASSI, is available to view in a user-friendly menu format, to help food and hospitality professionals quickly identify seafood species, their origins, and catch methods, and understand their sustainability status. Did you know? A 2022 WWF-SASSI survey revealed that consumers rely and trust retailers and restaurants to make sustainable seafood choices […]

Empowering Mozambican fishers through underwater marine research

Earlier this year, I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Mozambique for a work trip that turned out to be an unforgettable adventure. As a South African, this marked my first visit to another African country, and, needless to say, the excitement was palpable. A journey across borders My journey began at Cape Town […]

Can seafood be sustainable?

If, like me, you care for our natural world, you’re often looking for more ways to make a difference for people and nature. One of the most obvious is around food and the choices we make about what we put on our plates. Enter sustainable seafood. This is a hot topic, but many of us […]

Ecotourism set to raise awareness of the African penguin

Two WWF conservation monitors take us behind the scenes of an African penguin colony at CapeNature’s Stony Point near Betty’s Bay to share insights on the role that ecotourism can play in raising awareness about the species’ battle for survival. Why the African penguin needs saving When you’re holding a tiny African penguin chick with […]

WWF-SASSI’s Sustainable Seafood Training Course

An on-trend sustainable seafood training course is now available to chef schools, the culinary industry, conservation organisations, educational institutes and community groups. This forms part of WWF-SASSI’s commitment to increase awareness about sustainability in the seafood supply chain and advocate for solutions that everyone can be part of! Chefs and culinary students are amazing ambassadors […]

New member of the WWF-SASSI team!

Alexandra is American by nature but a true Capetonian at heart. First arriving in Cape Town preceding the onset of the COVID-19 lockdown, she stayed in place while the rest of the world went back to their home countries, ultimately finding her new home in South Africa. Alexandra graduated in 2022 from the University of […]