By blowing up boats fishing illegally in its waters, Indonesia has captured the imagination of many. In 2015, it has sunk more than 100 boats so far. Mas Achmad Santosa, Head of Indonesia’s Task Force on the Prevention and Eradication of IUU Fishing But the policy is just one aspect…
DAKAR, 28 October 2015. Dusk: the colorful pirogues have been at sea since dawn, and now they are coming back one by one to the shore. At the fish market on the beach, women and men are waiting for the fishermen’s daily catch. Fishermen landing their daily catch at Dakar's fish…
NOUAKCHOTT, 4 October 2015. Mauritania is stepping up its engagement with FiTI, with both national and international organizations offering opinions and advice as a FiTI Secretariat team visited the West African country. Workshop around the FiTI with representatives from the civil society and artisanal fisheries organizations The Secretariat team was…
With some of the world’s most abundant fishing grounds along its 600 km coastline separating the Atlantic Ocean from the Sahara Desert, Mauritania has great hopes that the new Fisheries Transparency Initiative will help the country improve its fisheries management by making the sector more transparent. H.E. Sid'Ahmed Raïss, Minister for Economic…
Las Palmas, 17 September 2015. Mr. Biermann, Program Director of the FiTI, presented the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) at the Conference of the Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) on the External Dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Las Palmas / Gran Canaria. Credit Picture @LDAC & MWC As Mr. Biermann pointed out,…
The FiTi welcomes the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in New York, 25-27 September. Results of the inputs gathered through an open and inclusive process, the 17 goals shall determine the global course of action to end poverty, promote prosperity…
PUTRAJAYA, 4 September 2015. The Secretariat of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative was invited to the 16th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Putrajaya/Malaysia to take part in a panel discussion on the importance of global transparency initiatives. Picture @Open contracting For this session, the FiTI shared the panel with representatives of other…
At the occasion of the 1st International Advisory Group meeting of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) - which took place on July 24th 2015 - the FiTI Secretariat had the chance to welcome Mr. Gaoussou Gueye, General Secretary of the Confédération Africaine des Organisations Professionnelles de la Pêche Artisanale (CAOPA). Gaoussou…
The development of a coherent and credible framework for the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTi) by the FiTI Secretariat is supported by an International Advisory Group, comprising fisheries and governance experts from governments, companies and civil society organizations. The 1st International Advisory Group Meeting of the FiTI took place on July…
On May 18th-19th, Peter Eigen and the FiTI’s interim program director Sven Biermann conducted the first country visit to Mauritania. The goal of this visit was to meet with key national and international stakeholders and discuss concrete next steps. The FiTI team was welcomed by the then Mauritanian Minister for…