The WorldFish Center is an autonomous, nonprofit organization, and was established as an international center in 1977. The Center is an operational entity with programs funded by grants from private foundations and governments. The WorldFish Center is governed by an international Board of Trustees; its policies are implemented by the Director General

The WorldFish Center's Mission is:

"To reduce poverty and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture".

Our Vision is:

"To be the science partner of choice for delivering aquaculture and fisheries solutions in developing countries".

WorldFish Center Greater Makong

Goal

Our work with partners in the region focuses on an integrated set of goals, comprised of three impact domains (development goals) closely aligned with the Millennium Development Goals and with national poverty reduction strategies, and four outcome areas (intermediate goals) that we emphasize as necessary foundations for achieving these. The three project goals are to:

improve the health and nutritional status of poor families, especially women and

children, by increasing people's access to fish for food;

reduce poverty by supporting sustainable livelihood strategies related to fishing, fishfarming, processing, marketing, and related uses of aquatic resource; and

protect and restore the aquatic ecosystems that underpin rural livelihoods by addressing the threats to ecosystem sustainability from across the landscape.