16 January 2025, Nairobi/Kenya. The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) and the African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formally document its partnership in enhancing the public accessibility, credibility, and usability of marine fisheries management information in African Union Member States. The MoU…
As the year ends, it seems like an opportune time to reflect on the past 12 months and what it meant for fisheries transparency endeavours around the world.
The 8th Conference of Ministers Responsible for Oceans, Inland Waters, and Fisheries from the Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) convened on 11 September 2024 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and concluded with an outcome Declaration calling upon its members States to, inter alia, “enhance the transparency of…
A joint statement by the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) and the Coalition for Fisheries Transparency (CFT)
The government of Senegal has missed the first of two deadlines set by the FiTI's International Board to demonstrate Senegal’s commitment to implement the FiTI Standard. As a result, the FiTI International Board – the initiative’s global oversight body – has revoked Senegal’s status as a committed country, citing a…
The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) is expanding its membership and is looking for seven new members who are passionate about shaping the global agenda for transparency and multi-stakeholder participation in fisheries management. The FiTI is established as a collaborative effort among different stakeholders from governments, business, and civil society. Their…
5 July 2024. During its 25th meeting, the FiTI International Board – the global oversight body of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) – reviewed the lack of implementation progress in Senegal and issued a final request to the country’s national authorities to avoid delisting from the FiTI. Senegal initiated the…
4 April 2024. The Embassy of Ireland in Tanzania and the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) have agreed to continue their programme on "Strengthening climate actions through transparent fisheries management in African Small Island Developing States (SIDS)". This new phase of the programme will be implemented over three years (April 2024…
Marine fisheries are a critical resource that fulfil the economic, food security and nutrition needs of millions of people around the world. For millennia those who dedicated themselves to fishing for family consumption, recreational interest or as a commercial activity had no cause to worry about the sustainable management of…
The FiTI and People Powered - the Global Hub for Participatory Democracy - are collaborating on a pilot project to strengthen the link between transparency and stakeholder participation with the aim of developing a scalable global model that can be beneficial for other FiTI countries in the future. Public availability…