The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) was invited to participate in the Our Ocean 2023 Conference, hosted by the Panamanian government. The FiTI Chair, Dr Valeria Merino, noted that throughout the event, speakers and participants from all sectors agreed that collecting, using, and sharing data is indispensable to ensure the future…
02 March 2023. In its latest TAKING STOCK assessment of government transparency in marine fisheries, the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) evaluated the information that Panamanian national authorities make available to the public via government websites. The results clearly demonstrate the country’s modest performance; while certain information is published, the majority…
This Tuesday, 14 February 2023, the multi-stakeholder forum "Transparency for sustainable fisheries management: The FiTI experience in Ecuador" was held during the 11th Commission Meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (COMM11) in Manta, Ecuador. The forum was organised by Ecuador's Vice-Ministry of Aquaculture and Fisheries, the Fisheries…
Quito, Ecuador - The Ecuadorian Government has announced its commitment to implement further activities of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) as part of the country’s 2nd National Action Plan under the Open Government Partnership (OGP). Ecuador becomes the first OGP country in the Americas to anchor its commitment to fisheries…
The FiTI International Board is pleased to announce that Ecuador has been approved as the fourth FiTI Candidate Country globally, and the first in the Americas. The country’s Candidacy Application was discussed and reviewed by the FiTI Board, which noted that Ecuador had been the fastest country to complete the…
11 November 11, 2022. How transparent is Ecuador's marine fisheries sector? We answered this question today by publishing the findings of our TAKING STOCK assessment, evaluating the level of information that Ecuador's national authorities publish on government websites regarding the country's marine fisheries sector. Conducted in collaboration with Conservation International…
The International Secretariat of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) visited Chile during October to participate in the 3rd Latin American Fisheries and Aquaculture Summit, which was organized by the Mexican Council for the Promotion of Fishery and Aquaculture Products (COMEPESCA) and the National Fisheries Society of Chile (SONAPESCA). The event…
Manta, 30 September 2022. Representatives of public sector institutions, the commercial fishing sector (industrial and artisanal) and civil society met today to launch the National Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) of the FiTI in Ecuador. This launch was led by the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries (MPCEIP), through the…
As part of its global efforts to deepen public understanding of how different governments around the world approach transparency in fisheries management, the FiTI announced today the start of its assessment of publicly available marine fisheries information in Panama. Serving as a bridge between the Pacific and the Atlantic ocean,…
06 July 2022. Today, the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) launched the results of its TAKING STOCK assessment on Mexico’s marine fisheries sector, as part of a series of national studies of government transparency in global fisheries management set to be published over the coming years. These assessments are designed to…