Dear colleagues, 2016 was an intensive and exciting year for the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). It started with the 1st International Conference, which adopted the Principles of the FiTI and witnessed the commitment of Indonesia, Mauritania, Senegal and the Seychelles – later joined by Guinea – to be the first…
Since the beginning of the conceptual phase of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative, the EU Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) has played an active role within the International Advisory Group of the FiTI, providing regular input to develop the global FiTI Standard. For the European fishing businesses and other groups of…
PARIS - 14 October 2016. Fisheries-related crime such as human trafficking, smuggling of migrants, corruption and tax fraud is growing, according to the OECD. These crimes undermine governments’ capacity to enforce policy, promote food security, reduce poverty, fund public expenditure and support development activities. At the conference on improving co-operation…
JAKARTA/BERLIN - 19 October 2016. The Republic of Indonesia and the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) are delighted to announce that Indonesia will host the 2nd International FiTI Conference in Bali, Indonesia, on Thursday, 27 April 2017. The FiTI is a global multi-stakeholder initiative, which aims at enhancing responsible and sustainable…
ROME - 14 July 2016. The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) was invited to hold an official side-event at the 32nd session of the COFI in Rome: “From transparency to accountability – How credible information supports responsible fisheries” attracted a variety of interested stakeholders and permitted interactive discussions amongst the participants. Reflecting…
DAKAR/BERLIN, 18 May 2016. Efforts to enhance sustainable fisheries are stepping up in the West-African region, after the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) and the International Secretariat of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) signed a partnership agreement to promote transparency and participation in fisheries. “It is the objective of the SRFC to…
MBOUR, 19 May 2016. After the commitment of H.E. Macky Sall on February 3rd 2016 to engage Senegal in becoming one of the first countries to implement the FiTI, initial steps to start the process of forming a FiTI National Multi-Stakeholder Group have begun in Senegal. In the Senegalese fisherman village of Mbour,…
In order to develop the FiTI Standard – and in particular the scope of the FiTI Reporting, two technical working groups, one dedicated to small-scale fisheries and the other to large-scale fisheries, were established. Both groups – composed of experts from the International Advisory Group – have been developing recommendations on the…
BERLIN, 22-23 April 2016. At the 3rd meeting of the FiTI International Advisory Group, a provisional list of mandatory reporting elements was agreed on. This distinguished between reporting elements applicable to the large-scale sector and reporting elements applicable to the small-scale sector. However, it was understood that these provisional lists…
MAPUTO, 19 February 2016. Another day comes to an end in the Mozambican capital and fishermen reappear close to the shore to unload their catch of the day. Despite the burning sun, women already wait on the beach to get their share of fish to sell at the Mercado do…