Last year , cff became the first private institution to issue a 50-year bond , joining an exclusive club , made up of only the french , us and uk governments .
After only a few days at cff I had a good grasp of the underlying policy situation surrounding california 's coast groundfish fishery and of the market forces it is trying to capture through its innovative lending structure .
The cff is co-located with the environmental defense fund in san francisco 's financial district and is a non-profit , revolving loan fund which supports fishing communities that are trying to improve the sustainability of their fisheries .
The cff 's goals are threefold : to increase conservation measures supporting commercial fish stocks and their natural habitats ; to revitalise the region 's coastal fishing communities and to help fishery-related businesses to make the transition from open-access to a catch-share based management regime .
