The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) has initiated today a TAKING STOCK assessment for China to strengthen global understanding of transparency in marine fisheries management. As the thirteenth country to undergo such an assessment, China will benefit from a complete review of publicly available information regarding the country’s marine fisheries sector…
Conakry, 23-30 August 2023. The FiTI International Secretariat participated in a series of meetings with stakeholders in the Republic of Guinea to support the country in finalising its FiTI application process, in particular establishing its FiTI National Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG). A key objective of this country mission was to discuss…
A recent study, published by Naunet Fisheries Consultants, analysed the impact of improving government transparency in fisheries according to the FiTI Standard on eco-certification efforts, and whether existing certification efforts incentivise national authorities to improve transparency of fisheries management. In the late 1990s, voluntary third-party certifications of fish and seafood…
In an effort to support national authorities and other interested stakeholders in Viet Nam enhancing public access to fisheries management information, the FiTI announced today the start of its ‘TAKING STOCK – Online Transparency of Fisheries Management Information’ assessment for the country’s marine fisheries sector. Located in South Asia on…
23 August 2023. The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) announced today its founding membership in the Nature Crime Alliance, which was officially launched at an event at the Seventh Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The Alliance is a new global, collaborative and coordinated effort to build bridges across disciplinary,…
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany (represented by the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ) and the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) will cooperate on the project "Sustainable marine fisheries through transparency and stakeholder participation". The project has a timeframe of 5 years (2024 – 2028) and a…
The FiTI has launched a new Community of Practice (CoP) to sensitise key non-governmental actors in all six African Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on the role of transparency in marine fisheries management. The CoP is financially supported by Irish Aid. Transparency has a particularly elevated importance for fisheries management…
31 July 2023. The International Board of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) is extremely pleased to welcome three new Board Members: Ketakandriana (Ke) Rafitoson from Madagascar (nominated by Transparency Internacional (TI)), Umair Shahid from Pakistan (nominated by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)), and Zacari (Zac) Edwards from the United…
The FiTI International Board, the initiative's global oversight body, has established a dedicated Working Group to oversee the review of the FiTI Standard and make a recommendation to the FiTI International Board on how to update it to a version 2.0. The FiTI Standard is the only internationally recognised framework…
The FiTI International Board – the global oversight body of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) – reappointed on the 29th of June 2023, Mr Sven Biermann as the Executive Director (ED) of the FiTI International Secretariat for a second term of four years, starting on the 1st of January, 2024.…