Planet Tracker launches a seafood portfolio risk tool helping investors identify overfishing, IUU fishing and sustainability risks.
Planet Tracker has released a major update to its open‑access Seafood Database, enabling investors and lenders to rapidly identify, quantify and prioritise seafood‑related sustainability risks in their portfolios.
The Seafood Database covers 300 seafood exposed companies across the global value chain, from fishing and aquaculture to feed, processing, brands and distribution. It links company-level seafood sourcing to independently derived environmental metrics, shining a light on exposure to overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, destructive fishing practices and broader ocean health risks.
At the heart of this update is a new Portfolio function, built specifically for financial institutions. Users can immediately see which holdings drive the greatest sustainability risks, where risk is concentrated, and which companies should be prioritised for engagement.
“Seafood is one of the least transparent yet most systemically important commodity sectors for the ocean economy,” said Francois Mosnier, Head of Nature at Planet Tracker. “With this update, we are giving investors a way to see, in minutes, where seafood‑related risks sit in their portfolios and where targeted engagement can drive the biggest change.”
Planet Tracker’s analysis shows mixed sustainability performance across the sector. Governance, stock sustainability and compliance are where companies perform best on average, with c. 20-30% of total companies rated Good on these three categories. In contrast, Fishing practices and Transparency require urgent action, with half of the companies assessed as Poor and less than 10% rated Good.
These risks are financially material. Overfishing, illegal fishing, destructive fishing practices and poor traceability create regulatory, operational and reputational risks across seafood supply chains, with potential impacts on long-term profitability and asset values.
The updated Seafood Database is freely available online and complements Planet Tracker’s wider suite of seafood analytics. Investors, banks and other stakeholders can explore the tool and test the Portfolio function here: https://planet-tracker.org/seafood-database
