On World Oceans Day, the GEF is proud to announce the approval of an innovative program to support sustainable fisheries, the Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI). CFI was approved at last week’s 48th GEF council and represents a strategic partnership to demonstrate holistic ecosystem based management and improved governance of coastal fisheries. The CFI addresses all coastal fisheries in the EEZ, which complements GEF’s comprehensive and long-standing support to multi-country cooperation for sustainable management of the world’s Large Marine Ecosystems.