Progressive improvement represents a key aspect of the FiTI implementation, as anchored in FiTI Principle 7 which stipulates: “Increasing transparency and participation must be feasible and introduced progressively in order to ensure the wide acceptance of this initiative.“
In other words, the FiTI does not expect all countries to have complete data for every transparency requirement from the beginning. Instead, public authorities must disclose the information they have, and where important gaps exist, they must demonstrate improvements over time.
It is the responsibility of a country’s National Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) to agree jointly on recommendations for addressing such gaps, and for the FiTI country’s government to act on these recommendations.
Total number of recommendations issued by National Multi-Stakeholder Groups to their governments to improve transparency and participation in marine fisheries management: |
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| Recommendations according to FiTI countries | Recommendations according to implementation status |
| Recommendations by thematic area of the FiTI Standard |
| ID | Country | FiTI Report | Thematic area | Recommendation | Priority | Due date (Year) | Implementation status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seychelles | 2019 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Determine and implement a publication strategy to ensure that all national and international fisheries laws, regulations and official policy documents are published online, up-to-date, easy to locate and searchable. | High | 2021 | Completed | All national and international fisheries laws, regulations and official policy documents are published online on the MOFBE website. |
| 2 | Seychelles | 2019 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Publish a list of all fisheries permit holders (including for the sea cucumber fishery), with information on the type of permit they hold, fees which have been paid and the start and end date of their permit(s). | High | 2021 | Completed | This was published as part of the 2021 reporting process. |
| 3 | Seychelles | 2019 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Publish online the rules and procedures for Seychelles-flagged vessels to obtain authorisations to fish in a third country or the High Seas, along with the reporting requirements and the provisions for terminating such authorisations. | High | 2021 | Completed | Agreements took effect in 2023 with management companies of Seychelles-Flagged vessels. A sample agreement and its anex is published on the SFA website. It provides for reporting requirements and provisions for termination of authorisation. |
| 4 | Seychelles | 2019 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Publish any assessment regarding compliance of fishing vessels with the terms and conditions set forth in their respective access agreement, once available. | Medium | 2021 | Rejected | No such assessments exist. |
| 5 | Seychelles | 2019 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Publish the reports and the results of all stock assessments undertaken in the last four years on their website. | High | 2021 | Completed | All stock assessment reports from 2017 onwards are now published on SFA's website. |
| 6 | Seychelles | 2019 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish an up-to-date, online registry of all Seychelles-flagged and foreign-flagged large-scale vessels authorised to fish in Seychelles' marine jurisdictional waters, and of all Seychelles-flagged large-scale vessels authorised to fish in third countries' marine jurisdictional waters and on the High Seas. The vessel registry must include all 14 vessel attributes, as defined in the FiTI Standard. | High | 2021 | Completed | Large-scale vessel registry published on SFA website in a spreadsheet format updated for 2021. |
| 7 | Seychelles | 2019 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Link the up-to-date, online large-scale vessel registry, once published, to relevant parameters and conditions of the underlying licences (e.g. licensing period, fees paid, species to be taken, areas to be fished, etc.). | High | 2021 | Completed | Published vessel registry has licence payment information and (for Seychelles-flagged vessels) information on areas of the High Seas and third country EEZs where fishing is allowed. |
| 8 | Seychelles | 2019 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish all missing information for catches, landings, transshipments from the industrial longliner fishery for 2019. | High | 2021 | Completed | This information was published online on the SFA website as part of the Semester 1 2020 Fisheries Statistical Report. |
| 9 | Seychelles | 2019 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish data on discards from the industrial longline fishery disaggregated as per the FiTI requirements, and from the purse seine fisheries by port of unloading, and by species or species groups. Furthermore, a note should be added in the introduction of the Fisheries Statistical Reports to provide information on how discard data is collected by the authorities. | High | 2021 | Completed | Discards data is published as part of the Fisheries Statistical Report since 2020 for purse seiners only. No discard information is published for industrial longliners. |
| 10 | Seychelles | 2019 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Publish the total number of small-scale fisheries licences, and the total numbers of fishers engaged in the fishing sector, including gender information and whether fishers are engaged in full-time work, seasonal or part time fishing, occasional fishing or recreational fishing. | High | 2021 | Completed | SFA published on its website details as well as a summary table of the total number of small-scale fisheries licences issued in 2021. A summary table of the total number of fishers engaged in the fishing sector is also published but does not make a distinction between whether the fishers are part- or full-time. |
| 11 | Seychelles | 2019 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Clearly state whether an informal fisheries sector exists in Seychelles. | Medium | 2021 | In progress | The 2021 FiTI Report includes a government statement on Seychelles' informal fisheries sector, but it is not on a government website. |
| 12 | Seychelles | 2019 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Provide regular information on national strategies and activities applied to ensure compliance of fishing vessels and the post-harvest sector to MFBE, which will have the responsibility for publishing such information. | Medium | 2025 | In progress | Published information pertains solely to SFA's activities and does not cover other agencies like SMSA or the Coast Guard. |
| 13 | Seychelles | 2019 | #9: Labour Standards | Publish online an official summary description of national laws on labour standards applicable for national and foreign workers employed in the fishing sector at sea and in the post-harvest fisheries sector in Seychelles. | High | 2025 | In progress | The Employment Department's website has published a summary of national labour laws, including those for the fisheries sector. However, many fishing industry employees working in the ITZ are not covered by the Employment Act, making the summary incomplete. |
| 14 | Seychelles | 2019 | #10: Fisheries Subsidies | Publish online the 2017 report that reviewed subsidies provided to the artisanal fisheries sector which the SFA commissioned. | Medium | 2021 | Completed | The report is published on the SFA website e-library. |
| 15 | Seychelles | 2019 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Publish a summary description of the different types of fisheries that exist in Seychelles, and their corresponding licence arrangements. The National MSG encourages the national authorities to utilise the summaries provided in this FiTI Report as a starting point for this aspect. | High | 2021 | Completed | A summary description of fisheries tenure arrangements has been published in the form of an FAQ on the SFA website. |
| 16 | Seychelles | 2019 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Publish in the Official Gazette the fees that need to be paid for all types of fisheries rights existing under the law. This also includes changes to current fee structures. | High | 2021 | Completed | The fees to be paid as part of fisheries rights are published in the summary of local fisheries licences on the SFA’s website. There is no requirement for the fees to be gazetted. |
| 17 | Seychelles | 2019 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Publish online all foreign fishing access agreements and associated protocols. In case an agreement or expectation of confidentiality exists between the parties to an agreement, these agreements must be made public within 3 years from becoming a FiTI Candidate country (i.e. in Seychelles' case, latest until March 2023). | High | 2021 | Completed | All foreign fishing access agreements and associated protocols without confidentiality clauses have been published on the SFA website. SFA has also published a summary of the foreign fishing access agreements that do not contain confidentiality clauses. |
| 18 | Seychelles | 2019 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Publish online all studies or reports that have been undertaken by national authorities or foreign parties related to the evaluation or oversight of the foreign fishing access agreements signed by Seychelles. | High | 2021 | Completed | The three reports related to the evaluation or oversight of the EU/Seychelles fishing agreements are published on the SFA website. |
| 19 | Seychelles | 2019 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Publish on the SFA website any future fish stock assessment programmes the SFA is planning to undertake, and the research that is needed to support these assessment. | High | 2021 | Completed | The programme of future stock assessments up to 2024 is published on the SFA website. |
| 20 | Seychelles | 2019 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish online any national evaluations or audits of the economic, social and food security contributions of the large-scale fishing sector, once available (e.g. the upcoming study on employment in fisheries). | High | 2021 | Completed | Information on revenue generated by large-scale fisheries and contribution to the country’s foreign exchange is published in SFA’s annual report. |
| 21 | Seychelles | 2019 | #9: Labour Standards | Obtain and publish information from the Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs on offences committed by employers in the fisheries sector, as well as mitigating actions taken. | High | 2025 | In progress | Data on labour grievances committed by employers in the fisheries sector, as recorded by MESA and FSA, is only published in FiTI Reports. |
| 22 | Seychelles | 2019 | #11: Official Development Assistance | Publish an up-to-date list of fisheries-related public sector projects, funded by bilateral, multilateral and private donors. This list should include information on the projects value, purpose and outputs, as well as corresponding project evaluations, if applicable. | High | 2021 | Completed | SFA compiled an inventory of fisheries-related public sector projects funded through ODA. It was published on the SFA website during the 2021 FiTI reporting process. |
| 23 | Seychelles | 2019 | #12: Beneficial Ownership | Follow up with the committee working on beneficial ownership declaration in the fisheries sector and determine a policy on beneficial ownership declarations for the sector. This should be based on a participatory and transparent process, involving all interested bona fide stakeholders from government, industrial and artisanal fishing, and civil society. | High | 2021 | Rejected | No such committee exist. |
| 24 | Seychelles | 2019 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish on the SFA website, on an annual basis, all payments (e.g. for fishing licence, certificate of authorisation, excess catch, and environmental fee) on a per vessel basis made by large-scale fishing vessels, including the four information requirements of the FiTI Standard. | High | 2022 | Completed | Fishing licence payment information is available per vessel in the Vessel Registry. Information on excess catch and the environmental fee is published in the 2021 SFA Annual Report but is not disaggregated by vessel although the information is available in disaggregated form to the SFA. |
| 25 | Seychelles | 2019 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Publish information from previous (prior to 2019) and recent national stakeholder consultations undertaken with respect to the preparation, negotiation or monitoring of foreign fishing access agreements. | Medium | 2022 | Rejected | All fisheries agreements have been renegotiated and came into force from 2021 onwards. There are no records of stakeholder consultations for any of these. The last to be renegotiated is the agreement with Don Wang Industries, which will come into force in 2024. All agreements last 6 years, which means that this recommendation will remain unimplemented potentially until the next round of renegotiations in 2026/27. |
| 26 | Seychelles | 2019 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Prepare and publish a periodic report (e.g. biennially) on the state of the main commercial fish stocks in Seychelles. | High | 2025 | In progress | This should have taken place in 2021 but has not started. Report on MCS activities is included in SFA’s Annual report. Due date reviewed |
| 27 | Seychelles | 2019 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Set up an online database containing annual retained catches and transshipments and landings at local and foreign ports, disaggregated by flag state, species or species groups, gear type and catch location (national waters, third country waters, High Seas) in order for interested stakeholders to obtain detailed information on catch data. | Low | 2022 | Completed | FIMS, launched in 2023, provides some information on licenses, economic contribution of fisheries, annual catch volume, export and imports and fisheries management regulations. However, it is not complete. Retained catches and transshipment data, which are fully FiTI compliant, are available online in the Fisheries Statistical Reports. |
| 28 | Seychelles | 2019 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish annual summaries of the socio-economic contribution of the large-scale fishing sector. | High | 2022 | Completed | Information on revenue generated by large-scale fisheries and contributions to the country's foreign exchange is published in SFA's Annual Report. |
| 29 | Seychelles | 2019 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Publish annual summaries of the socio-economic contribution of the small-scale fishing sector. | High | 2022 | Completed | All available studies on the socio-economic contrinution of the small scale fishing sector have been published. This becomes fully implemented. |
| 30 | Seychelles | 2019 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Ensure that annual information on the quantity of fish and fish products produced, as well as information on imports and exports, are published online in a timely manner. Such information should be disaggregated by species, as well as the country of destination/origin. | Medium | 2022 | In progress | Fish import and export quantities are on FIMS, but species details are missing. SFA's 2023 Annual Report includes comprehensive information on fish production. |
| 31 | Seychelles | 2019 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Publish offences in the fisheries sector in a timely manner. This should include the name of the company or vessel owner, the nature of the offence and the penalty imposed. | Medium | 2023 | In progress | SFA has published records of convictions and major offences in the fisheries sector for 2020 to 2023 (4 years). The name of the vessel owner is not included. |
| 32 | Seychelles | 2019 | #10: Fisheries Subsidies | Information on the types, values and recipients of government financial transfers or subsidies to the fisheries sector in Seychelles (both large-scale and small-scale fisheries) should be published, in particular regarding fuel subsidies, which is the main type of subsidies provided to the fisheries sector in Seychelles. | High | 2022 | Completed | Information on the value of ice and fuel subsidies only to the small-scale sector is published in the 2021 SFA Annual Report. Information on other subsidies to the small-scale fisheries sector is not published. MoFBE has confirmed that no subsidies are provided to the large-scale fisheries. |
| 33 | Seychelles | 2019 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Publish annual employment information regarding Seychelles commercial fisheries sector, disaggregated by gender and sub-sectors (e.g. industrial and artisanal fishing). | Medium | 2023 | Open | |
| 34 | Seychelles | 2019 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Prepare and make available to MoFBE the financial and human resources deployed by the government to ensure compliance with national and international legislation in the fisheries sector (at least on an annual basis). MoFBE will be responsible for publishing such information. | Medium | 2023 | Open | Report on MCS activities is included in SFA’s Annual report. |
| 35 | Seychelles | 2020 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Make it clear that the SFA can authorise its staff to issue fishing licences/permits (this recommendation replaces a previous recommendation requesting the SFA to gazette the names of the people authorised to issue fisheries licences. This is not feasible due to high staff turn-over in Seychelles national authorities). | High | 2022 | Completed | The SFA website lists the titles/designations of officers authorized to issue fishing licenses. |
| 36 | Seychelles | 2020 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Update the section on the SFA website concerning Certificate of Authorisations to include information on the fees that are charged for such authorisations, in addition to the reporting requirements and the provisions for terminating such authorisations. | High | 2022 | Completed | A sample of the Sustainable Fisheries Agreement signed with management companies of Seychelles-flagged vessels, is published on the SFA website. It contains provisions for reporting and termination of authorisation. |
| 37 | Seychelles | 2020 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Prepare and publish on the SFA website the mandatory administrative procedures required to evaluate applications of different types of fishing vessel licence and fishing activity licence, the nature of any oversight or public consultation processes involved and the appeals process in case of refusal. | High | 2022 | Completed | The Sustainable Fisheries agreements signed detail the steps for obtaining a fishing licence and all vessels licenced to fish in Seychelles’ territorial waters do so subject to an agreement. |
| 38 | Seychelles | 2020 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Ensure that in the future all foreign fishing vessels licenced to fish in Seychelles waters do so only under an official signed agreement. | High | 2022 | Completed | The Seychelles' government negotiated new agreements with TTA and TFI and companies owning Seychelles-flagged vessels which will be signed and published in 2022 and become effective in 2023. The government indicated that following this, all fishing vessels, foreign- or Seychelles-flagged, licenced to fish in Seychelles' waters, will do so under an agreement. |
| 39 | Seychelles | 2020 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Put in place a strategy to review the implementation of all foreign fishing access agreements, including an assessment of compliance with the terms and conditions of the agreements, and make publicly available a report containing the findings. | Medium | 2028 | In progress | An exercise to assess the implementation of the fishing agreements with Mauritius and the EU began during the 2021 FiTI reporting process. The Consultant’s contract was terminated, and the evaluation was not completed. |
| 40 | Seychelles | 2020 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Put in place a campaign to raise awareness of the stock status of fisheries that are under threat of overfishing. | High | 2022 | Completed | The outcome of the stock assessments of lobster and sea cucumber has been shared with stakeholders in these two fisheries. |
| 41 | Seychelles | 2020 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Establish and publish online a research plan to collect required data on vulnerable species for stock assessment purposes. | High | 2023 | Completed | A 5-Year Research Plan is available & published on the SFA website. |
| 42 | Seychelles | 2020 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Provide biannual updates on the stock status of the main species targeted by the small-scale fisheries. | High | 2024 | Open | |
| 43 | Seychelles | 2020 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Keep the large scale-vessel registry continually updated, at least on a quarterly basis, and ensure that all information required is available for each vessel licenced to fish in Seychelles waters. This should be done through the update of the licence application form and for SFA to ensure that all information is provided before issuing licences. | Medium | 2022 | Completed | The large-vessel registry is updated annually. The FIMS can provide ongoing updates on industrial fishing vessels, though it does not fully comply with the FiTI standard. |
| 44 | Seychelles | 2020 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Cross-check and verify that the legal owner of the vessels recorded in the vessel registry are accurate and ensure that information of the owners address and nationality is provided. | High | 2022 | Completed | All information on the legal owner of vessels on the vessel registry is provided along with nationality and address. |
| 45 | Seychelles | 2020 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Officially pronounce the licence fee for large-scale joint-venture fishing vessels. | Medium | 2023 | Completed | The fees are published through the Sustainable Fisheries Agreement with Seychelles-flagged vessels published on SFA’s website. |
| 46 | Seychelles | 2020 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Devise a strategy to ensure that the Fisheries Statistical Reports are published in a timely manner so that data on catch, effort, landing and transshipment are more accessible. | Medium | 2023 | Completed | The Fisheries Statistical Report and SFA Annual Report were both published during the FiTI reporting process. |
| 47 | Seychelles | 2020 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Put in place an online system for making available data on catch, effort, landing and transshipment so that the data can be more easily interpreted and can fulfil all FiTI requirements that are possible. | Medium | 2023 | Completed | This has started. More data is now published in the Fisheries Statistical Report. |
| 48 | Seychelles | 2020 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Undertake a study to determine the economic, social and food security contribution of the small-scale fishing sector. | Medium | 2023 | Completed | Three studies have been published relating to the sea cucumber, the small-scale longline fishery and sport and recreational fishery. |
| 49 | Seychelles | 2020 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Publish the data on catches in the sea cucumber and lobster fishery as part of the SFA Fisheries Statistical Report. | High | 2022 | Completed | 2021 catch data on the sea cucumber and lobster fisheries is published in the 2021 Fisheries Statistical Report. |
| 50 | Seychelles | 2020 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Work between the SFA and the Fish Inspection and Quality Control Unit (FIQCU) of the Seychelles Bureau of Standards (SBS) should be carried out to ensure that more disaggregated data is available on the export of fish. This should also include disaggregation of export by species and those being exported as by-catch. | High | 2023 | Open | |
| 51 | Seychelles | 2020 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Work between the SFA and the Ministry of Health should be carried out to collect and make available data related to dive accidents in the sea cucumber fishery. | High | 2022 | Open | Communication from Ministry of Health indicates that in 2023, there were 9 new patients requiring 55 sessions of hyperbaric treatment. This is an estimation, as milder cases are not referred for hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Information is published in the 2023 FiTI Report. It is not published on any government website. |
| 52 | Seychelles | 2020 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Publish on an annual basis a report to provide data on the economic contribution of fisheries in Seychelles. | High | 2023 | In progress | The 2022 SFA Annual Report no longer contains a chapter on economic contribution of fisheries. The MFBE is collaborating with NBS to publish the fisheries satellite accounts for 2019 and 2020. |
| 53 | Seychelles | 2020 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Prepare and implement a clear strategy for the enforcement of fisheries regulations in the small-scale fisheries, large-scale fisheries and to deter IUU fishing. This strategy should however not be made publicly available. | Medium | 2024 | In progress | In 2023, work began on completing the National Plan of Action (NPOA) against Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported (IUU) Fishing and incorporating it into policy. It is expected to be finalized in 2024. |
| 54 | Seychelles | 2020 | #9: Labour Standards | Work towards the domestication of the ILO Work in Fishing Convention. | High | 2024 | In progress | A gap analysis has been done and validation workshops held. The Competent Authority to lead the implementation of this exercise is still to be decided. |
| 55 | Seychelles | 2020 | #10: Fisheries Subsidies | Provide on an annual basis a breakdown of total fuel subsidies provided to the different types of fisheries. | High | 2022 | Completed | |
| 56 | Seychelles | 2020 | #12: Beneficial Ownership | Update the Fisheries Act to put penalties in place for operators not providing beneficial ownership information for vessels licenced to fish in Seychelles’ waters. | High | 2023 | In progress | A 2022 gap analysis on beneficial ownership in fisheries will guide the review of the Fisheries Act and Regulations. |
| 57 | Seychelles | 2021 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Publish key information in a summarised form on all active fishing agreements. | High | 2023 | Completed | Payment information is included on the 2022 database for licencees in the small-scale fisheries sector. |
| 58 | Seychelles | 2021 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Institute and publish a plan to evaluate each fishing access agreement at least once every three years. | Medium | 2024 | Open | |
| 59 | Seychelles | 2021 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Ensure that by December 2023, all industrial vessels fishing in Seychelles waters including Seychelles-flagged vessels, do so subject to an agreement. | High | 2023 | Completed | New fishing agreements were negotiated with TTA and TFI effective January 2023. Sustainable fisheries agreements have been signed with all management companies of Seychelles-flagged vessels effective January 2023. The agreement with Dongwon Industries becomes effective in 2024. |
| 60 | Seychelles | 2021 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Update the fish stock status summary published on the SFA website annually and latest at the same time the SFA sends its report to the IOTC. | High | 2024 | Completed | The results of the stock assessments have been shared with stakeholders in the lobster and sea cucumber fisheries. Details of stakeholder engagements are pending publication on a government website. |
| 61 | Seychelles | 2021 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Capture information on gender during annual registration and licence renewal of fishers. | Medium | 2023 | Completed | Gender information was available for all licensees, boat owners, divers and fisherman on the 2022 database published on the SFA website during this FITI reporting process. |
| 62 | Seychelles | 2021 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Publish licence payment information for all sub-sectors in the small-scale fisheries sector (in addition to licence information). | Medium | 2023 | Completed | Payment information is included on the 2023 database for licencees in the small-scale fisheries sector. |
| 63 | Seychelles | 2021 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Publish a statement on the reason for collecting statistics or publishing studies on the species and volumes of fish discarded in the small-scale sector in the annual Fisheries Statistical Report, as is done for catch and discard information for the other fisheries. | Medium | 2023 | Completed | The SFA included a note in the 2022 Fisheries Statistical Report explaining that there are no discards in the artisanal fishery as the fish that are not sold are used as bait or are kept for own consumption by the fishers. |
| 64 | Seychelles | 2021 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Given the importance of fisheries in providing quality jobs, conduct a census of persons employed in the fisheries sector or other exercise to obtain a fair estimate of the number of persons employed in the fisheries sector. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 65 | Seychelles | 2021 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Publish an up-to-date record of convictions and major offences in the fisheries sector over the last 5 years indicating the name of the company or vessel owner, the nature of the offence and the penalty imposed. | High | 2023 | In progress | SFA has published records of convictions and major offences in the fisheries sector for 2020 to 2023 (4 years). The name of the vessel owner is not included. |
| 66 | Seychelles | 2021 | #9: Labour Standards | Advocate for the Seychelles' government to allocate resources to evaluate labour standards applicable in the fisheries sector. | High | 2023 | Open | |
| 67 | Seychelles | 2021 | #11: Official Development Assistance | Advocate for the rest of the government of Seychelles for updated information on overseas development assistance to government entities to be published in a central place, for example as an addendum to the budget book. | High | 2024 | Open | |
| 68 | Seychelles | 2021 | #12: Beneficial Ownership | Review the SFA licence application forms to ensure that information on beneficial ownership is captured for all licencees, in compliance with the Fisheries Act and the Beneficial Ownership Act. | High | 2023 | In progress | Ownership information is recorded for all small-scale licensees. In 2023, a gap analysis report identified that the gaps lie in enforcement and aligning regulatory frameworks to prevent duplication. |
| 69 | Seychelles | 2021 | #12: Beneficial Ownership | Advocate for policy review in relation to the implementation of the Beneficial Ownership Act in order to allow beneficial ownership information related to fisheries businesses, contained in the central registry of beneficial owners maintained by FIU, to be made public. | High | 2023 | In progress | A gap analysis on beneficial ownership in the fisheries sector was published in 2023, with recommendations that have yet to be implemented. |
| 70 | Mauritania | 2018 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Develop and publish online a structured and orderly summary document of all fisheries laws and regulations including a summary of each text and the link to the websites where it is published. | Medium | 2024 | Completed | The registry is developed and published online on the FiTI-Mauritanie website. Link: http://www.fiti-mauritanie.mr/registres-des-lois-et-reglements-relatifs-a-la-peche-en-mauritanie/ |
| 71 | Mauritania | 2018 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Publish on the website with summary descriptions of the different types of fishing in force in Mauritania written by the MSG. | Medium | 2024 | Completed | The GMN has drawn up summaries of the different types of fishing in Mauritania. These summaries are published on the FiTI-Mauritanie website (http://www.fiti-mauritanie.mr/types-de-peche-en-mauritanie/) |
| 72 | Mauritania | 2018 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Issue decrees specifying the conditions of exercise of the different types of fishing in accordance with article 14 of the Decree of application of the Maritime Fisheries Code. | Medium | 2025 | Open | Decree No. 159-2015 announced decrees that the Authority should issue to clarify the conditions of exercise of the different types of fishing. These orders have not been issued yet. The GMN is still waiting for the Code to be revised before asking for the decrees to be issued. The GMN and the Ministry in charge cannot implement this recommendation alone. This recommendation was renewed in 2020 and MPEM felt that the ongoing revision of the Maritime Fishing Code and its implementing legislation could address this recommendation. |
| 73 | Mauritania | 2018 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Evaluate and publish the various Foreign Fishing Access Agreements. | Medium | 2022 | Completed | The MSG considers this recommendation to be fulfilled with its 2019 -2020 FiTI Report. |
| 74 | Mauritania | 2018 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Publish on the government website the evaluation conducted by the EU and related to the Protocol of Application of the Fisheries Agreement for the period 2015-2019. | Medium | 2022 | Completed | The MSG considers this recommendation to be fulfilled with its 2021 FiTI Report. |
| 75 | Mauritania | 2018 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Share politically important information in a timely manner to enable public debate. | Medium | 2021 | Completed | The MSG considers this recommendation to be fulfilled with its 2019 -2020 FiTI Report. |
| 76 | Mauritania | 2018 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish an up-to-date online Register of all large-scale fishing vessels (Mauritanian- or foreign-flagged) authorized to fish in Mauritania's EEZ, covering the 14 attributes of the FiTI Standard. | High | 2024 | Open | The register exists, but there are still attributes to be completed. The available list is published on the FiTI Mauritania website. There is also the problem of the duration of Large scale vessel licenses, which is divisible (the question arises of how to take this into account in the register). |
| 77 | Mauritania | 2018 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish annual information on payments made by large-scale fishing vessels for their fishing activities on a per vessel basis. | High | 2025 | Completed | Payment by exploitation regime is published through the reports of the Technical and Scientific Committee (CTS) and bulletins of the Economic and Social Observatory of Fisheries (OESP). The need to reinvigorate the Technical and Scientific Committee (TSC) to continue having information on this format was however stressed by the MSG. |
| 78 | Mauritania | 2018 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish information on the annual catches recorded in the EEZ of Mauritania by group of species and by type of concession. | Medium | 2025 | Open | Information is published by access regime, concession and flag. The presentation by fishing agreement remains. |
| 79 | Mauritania | 2018 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish annual information on landings in national ports as well as on transshipments at sea or landings in foreign ports foreign ports in accordance with the FiTI Standard. | Low | 2021 | Completed | Only the percentages are accessible and have been published on the FiTI Mauritania website. The MSG considers this recommendation to be fulfilled with its 2019-2020 FiTI Report. |
| 80 | Mauritania | 2018 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Strengthen the observation on board on board fishing vessels to have regular regularly to have information on discards at sea. | Medium | 2022 | Rejected | In 2022, five (5) scientific observation missions were carried out, including two (2) on board Russian-style industrial pelagic trawlers, a single mission for shrimp fishing and two (2) for inshore pelagic fishing. The number of missions carried out remains insufficient to estimate the level of discards by fishery. This inadequacy is linked to difficulties in getting scientific observers on board (reluctance on the part of shipowners, financial implications). Recommendation abandoned in 2022 |
| 81 | Mauritania | 2018 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish available information on discards from high seas fishing vessels provided by the Scientific Observer Program set up by IMROP. | Medium | 2021 | Completed | The MSG considers this recommendation to be fulfilled with its 2019 -2020 FiTI Report. |
| 82 | Mauritania | 2018 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Continue the process of developing the listing of active artisanal fishing boats along the Mauritanian coastline and publish it online. | High | 2022 | Completed | A list of licensed small-scale fishing vessels is published on the FiTI-Mauritania website for coastal and artisanal fishing. |
| 83 | Mauritania | 2018 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Gather information on small-scale fishing vessel payments. | Medium | 2025 | Open | The list of small-scale vessel licenses is available and published, but not the list of individual payments; global payments are also published. |
| 84 | Mauritania | 2018 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Provide information on artisanal fisheries discards (e.g. total volume studies). | Low | 2021 | Rejected | The IMROP scientific observation program does not cover the artisanal fishery insofar as the conditions on board the pirogues do not allow for boarding and the fishing gears are considered selective. This recommendation was abandoned in 2021. |
| 85 | Mauritania | 2020 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Develop a system for collecting information on the quantities of fish processed (artisanal and industrial) and sold at the national and foreign levels as well as on the number of jobs generated by the post-capture sector. | Medium | 2025 | Open | There is an application, but it does not work. The question is how to institutionalize it at the level of the CTS (quarterly meetings) beyond the Ministry (Central Bank, National Statistics Office, Customs, etc.). |
| 86 | Mauritania | 2020 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Integrate the fishing professionals in the boarding commission in the same way as the other actors of the fisheries sector. | High | 2026 | Completed | Commission reviewed and chaired by the SG of the MPIMP, with the defendants or their representatives present during arbitration. The NMSG considers that this recommendation has been implemented in its FiTI 2021 report. |
| 87 | Mauritania | 2020 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Collect and publish information on compliance with labor standards legislation in the fisheries sector. | High | 2025 | Completed | Information is published in FiTI reports on the FiTI Mauritania website. |
| 88 | Mauritania | 2020 | #10: Fisheries Subsidies | Collect and monitor information on subsidies granted to the fisheries sector (industrial coastal and artisanal) including fuel subsidy. | High | 2025 | Withdrawn | The NMSG has clarified that there is no fishing subsidy. Rather, there is a fuel price stabilization mechanism set up by the FNP on the basis of an agreement. |
| 89 | Mauritania | 2020 | #11: Official Development Assistance | Establish and publish a list of all projects being implemented with respect to both fisheries and marine conservation. | High | 2024 | Completed | A list is already published in the FiTI report on the FiTI Mauritania website. But this list seems incomplete |
| 90 | Mauritania | 2020 | #12: Beneficial Ownership | Establish a public register of beneficial owners in the Mauritanian fisheries sector for vessels and plants. | High | 2025 | Withdrawn | Information on owners is provided through the DMM register published online. There is as yet no text on the incorporation of beneficial ownership in company declarations. Information on beneficial owners is not collected by the country. |
| 91 | Cabo Verde | 2022 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Determine and implement a publishing strategy to ensure that all official national and international fisheries laws, regulations, and policy documents are published online, up-to-date, easy to find, and searchable. | Medium | 2025 | In progress | The "Portal do Mar" is currently being developed, where all information related to the sector will be available and accessible. However, it is not yet known when it will be completed. |
| 92 | Cabo Verde | 2022 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Carry out new stock assessment studies in order to have more up-to-date information that reflects today's reality and publish on the website the reports and results of all stock assessments carried out in the last five years. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 93 | Cabo Verde | 2022 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Create conditions to have observers on board or other alternatives, to be able to collect discard data from the national and foreign fleet, as it is not being properly monitored and registered by national authorities. | Medium | 2025 | In progress | In 2022, a training for onboard observers was conducted for 23 participants. A procedural manual for observers is being developed in collaboration with the BirdLife International project. There are plans to first deploy the trained observers on national vessels. |
| 94 | Cabo Verde | 2022 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Separate statistical data on semi-industrial and industrial fishing landings, in order to have better information processing. | High | 2026 | Open | |
| 95 | Madagascar | 2022 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Update the 'lettre de politique bleue' (expired in 2019) as well as the inter-sectoral policy letter and the 'Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries' sector policy (expired in 2020). [tbc] | [Not specified] | [Not specified] | Withdrawn | Recommendation were revised and replaced |
| 96 | Madagascar | 2022 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Publish a brief description of laws and decrees concerning fisheries tenures, in accordance with section B.1.2 of the FiTI Standard. [tbc] | [Not specified] | [Not specified] | Withdrawn | Recommendation were revised and replaced |
| 97 | Madagascar | 2022 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Publish on the website of the Ministry all foreign fishing access agreements, in accordance with section B.1.3 of the FiTI Standard. [tbc] | [Not specified] | [Not specified] | Withdrawn | Recommendation were revised and replaced |
| 98 | Madagascar | 2022 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Obtain the necessary resources (material, technical, financial and human) and collate data concerning stock status, biomass and fishing pressure. [tbc] | [Not specified] | [Not specified] | Withdrawn | Recommendation were revised and replaced |
| 99 | Madagascar | 2022 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish a complete registry for large-scale fishing vessels that covers all of the 14 vessel attributes required by section B.1.5 of the FiTI Standard. [tbc] | [Not specified] | [Not specified] | Withdrawn | Recommendation were revised and replaced |
| 100 | Madagascar | 2022 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish payment for large vessels according to type of payments and orgin (e.g. flag State). [tbc] | [Not specified] | [Not specified] | Withdrawn | Recommendation were revised and replaced |
| 101 | Madagascar | 2022 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish catch information on retained catches by vessels flying the Madagascar flag fishing in Madagascar waters (EEZ). [tbc] | [Not specified] | [Not specified] | Withdrawn | Recommendation were revised and replaced |
| 102 | Madagascar | 2022 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Obtain the necessary resources (material, technical, financial and human) and collate data concerning small-scale fisheries, such as number of fishers, data concerning payments and catches, or assessments or audits on the contribution of the artisanal fishing sector to food & nutrition security. [tbc] | [Not specified] | [Not specified] | Withdrawn | Recommendation were revised and replaced |
| 103 | Seychelles | 2022 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | The MFBE must include public consultation as part of the process to prepare, negotiate and monitor foreign fishing access agreements and publish the outcome of these. | High | 2027 | Open | |
| 104 | Seychelles | 2022 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | SFA should consider having a media page, similar to the one maintained on the MFBE website, to capture all events initiated by the SFA including workshops and other outreach activities. Media items should be dated and presented in chronological order and the platform should support searches of entries from previous periods. | High | 2025 | Completed | On its newly designed website, SFA has incorporated a media page with dated media items and which support searches of entries from previous periods |
| 105 | Seychelles | 2022 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | SFA should systematically publish basic information relating to the various stakeholder engagement events it hosts. At the very least, the agenda, list of participants, presentations made to stakeholders should be published. A summary of the issues raised by stakeholders would also improve understanding of stakeholders’ level of engagement. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 106 | Seychelles | 2022 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | The SFA must develop a communication strategy that provides for communication channels to disseminate stock status information to meet the specific needs of its various stakeholders, taking into consideration that not all of its main stakeholders are able to access information electronically | High | 2027 | Open | |
| 107 | Seychelles | 2020 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | SFA should put in place an online system for making available data on catch, effort, landing and transshipment so that the data can be more easily interpreted and can fulfil all requirements of FiTI that are possible. | Medium | 2023 | In progress | SFA launched FIMS in 2023. However, some of the data do not meet the FiTI standards e.g. information on industrial vessels. |
| 108 | Seychelles | 2022 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | SFA should work with the Seychelles Ports Authority to ensure that by December 2024, information on transshipment and landing fees is transmitted to SFA on a per vessel basis. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 109 | Seychelles | 2022 | #9: Labour Standards | The Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs should update the summary of labour laws published on its website to take into consideration the provisions of the ITZ (Employment) Regulations, which in the fisheries sector is important, because of the large fisheries and fisheries-related companies operating in the ITZ. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 110 | Seychelles | 2022 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | The MFBE should commission a comprehensive study to identify the activities being undertaken by national authorities to ensure compliance of fishing vessels and the post-harvest sector with Seychelles legislation and the financial and human resources deployed to achieve this. | High | 2026 | Open | |
| 111 | Ecuador | 2023 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Update the repository of fisheries regulations to ensure it is permanently complete and updated. | High | 2024 | Open | |
| 112 | Ecuador | 2023 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Implement usability improvements in the repository of regulations (filters, categories, summaries, downloads, years, etc.). | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 113 | Ecuador | 2023 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Integrate and consolidate secondary regulations from other sectors into the repository, relevant to the fisheries legal framework (e.g., Galapagos regulations, RFMOs resolutions, environmental authority, maritime authority, port authority, etc.). | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 114 | Ecuador | 2023 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Improve the dissemination methods of regulations and ensure they are complete and easily accessible. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 115 | Ecuador | 2023 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Publish all fisheries management plans (action plans, management plans, non-detriment findings) and carry out participatory evaluations. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 116 | Ecuador | 2023 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Publish a description of the procedures related to the access regimes to fishing in (continental) Ecuador. | High | 2026 | Open | |
| 117 | Ecuador | 2023 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Publish updated rates for payments related to services and procedures. | Medium | 2024 | Open | |
| 118 | Ecuador | 2023 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Publish ministerial agreements and other administrative acts that grant access and establish conditions for extractive activity. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 119 | Ecuador | 2023 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Publish records of permits and licenses issued for sport fishing (with and without spearfishing) and scientific research fishing, with information on the conditions (year, classification, target species, etc.). | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 120 | Ecuador | 2023 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Publish the records referred to Galápagos regulations, which are publicly accessible and allow for external oversight of access rights. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 121 | Ecuador | 2023 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Publish records of vessels authorized to fish under charter and association contracts, along with their respective authorizations and permits. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 122 | Ecuador | 2023 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Publish records of Ecuadorian-flagged vessels authorized to fish in the waters of third countries and RFMOs, along with their corresponding authorizations and enabling titles. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 123 | Ecuador | 2023 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Implement electronic records related to charter and association contracts (Art. 27, num. 7 of the Fisheries Law Regulation) and fishing vessels (Art. 27, num. 3 of the Fisheries Law Regulation). | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 124 | Ecuador | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Publish the evaluations conducted (independently or collaboratively) on various resources (both population-level and biological and ecosystem monitoring), along with the methodologies and data used, and authorized research in Galápagos. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 125 | Ecuador | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Develop dissemination mechanisms for research and evaluations tailored to the different audiences in the fisheries sector, in a context-appropriate manner (e.g., an annual report on the state of the resources). | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 126 | Ecuador | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Develop mechanisms and strategies for the exchange and validation of scientific research information for official use. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 127 | Ecuador | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Publish a short, medium, and long-term research plan on fisheries resources to identify priorities. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 128 | Ecuador | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Update and compile a single registry of industrial vessels with historical information on the national fleet, leased, associated vessels, etc. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 129 | Ecuador | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish disaggregated information on revenue from services and procedures in industrial fishing, including payments by vessels, among others. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 130 | Ecuador | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish data on catches (target and bycatch), landings, transshipments, discards, fishing effort, etc., in line with the FiTI Standard. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 131 | Ecuador | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Review catch/landing data in relation to common and scientific names. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 132 | Ecuador | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Develop mechanisms to generate information regarding the economic, social, and food security contributions of the fisheries sector. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 133 | Ecuador | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Update the registry of artisanal vessels and fishers, with historical information, including details on their authorizations, payments, catches (target and/or bycatch), and other associated information based on the Electronic Records. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 134 | Ecuador | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Review the numbers of artisanal fishers and vessels, considering the existence of various information sources (e.g., DIRNEA, artisanal sector, civil society, etc.). | High | 2026 | Open | |
| 135 | Ecuador | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Publish information from the Artisanal Fishing Registry (from Galapagos), at least concerning fishers, vessel owners, and artisanal vessels. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 136 | Ecuador | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Compile information on catches/landings (target and/or bycatch) and publish it through the most suitable mechanisms for different users. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 137 | Ecuador | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Compile information on payments and procedures related to the fisheries sector and publish it through the most suitable mechanisms for different users. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 138 | Ecuador | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Develop mechanisms to collect information on species discards for both the continental and insular zones, with the support of IPIAP and the corresponding entities. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 139 | Ecuador | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Evaluate the relevance of implementing mechanisms and actions related to species discards (in Galapagos). | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 140 | Ecuador | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Develop mechanisms to generate relevant information or evaluations about contributions to the fisheries sector (e.g., fisheries census, as per the fourth transitory provision of LODAP, among others). | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 141 | Ecuador | 2023 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Publish data on fishing operations (landings, processing, commercialization) in a sequential and chronological manner, detailing characteristics of "productive establishments" (e.g., vessel type, species, weights, location, etc.), under the framework of electronic records for processing plants and fishing operations. | High | 2026 | Open | |
| 142 | Ecuador | 2023 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Coordinate with the competent authority to disaggregate employment figures (both formal and informal) in the continental and insular fisheries sector by gender and other demographic details. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 143 | Ecuador | 2023 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Publish data on the registry of traders, landing monitoring certificates, movement guides, and other documents related to the custody chain. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 144 | Ecuador | 2023 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Coordinate with the relevant authorities to disaggregate imports, exports, and movements with more detailed information on species and product origin (e.g., whether the product originates from Galápagos or another province in Continental Ecuador). | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 145 | Ecuador | 2023 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Develop a mechanism (e.g., an annual report or data observatory) to disseminate information related to resources (human and financial) and monitoring, control, and surveillance actions (number of inspections, etc.). | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 146 | Ecuador | 2023 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Implement a registry of administrative infractions in the fisheries sector (e.g., the Electronic Record of Infractions). | High | 2026 | Open | |
| 147 | Ecuador | 2023 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Implement a registry of administrative infractions related to the environment in the fisheries sector. | High | 2026 | Open | |
| 148 | Ecuador | 2023 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Coordinate with the judicial authority regarding the publication of a registry of fisheries and/or environmental crimes. | High | 2026 | Open | |
| 149 | Ecuador | 2023 | #9: Labour Standards | Coordinate with the labor authority to provide an accessible summary of relevant labor regulations for the fisheries sector. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 150 | Ecuador | 2023 | #9: Labour Standards | Coordinate with the labor authority for the publication of a registry of labor sanctions, including those infractions related to the fisheries sector. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 151 | Ecuador | 2023 | #9: Labour Standards | Coordinate with the labor authority for the publication of information on labor inspection efforts and results (e.g., an annual report on inspections by sector, including fisheries, infractions, human/financial resources, etc.). | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 152 | Ecuador | 2023 | #10: Fisheries Subsidies | Identify, in coordination with the relevant institutions, the existing incentives in the fisheries sector and systematize the related information. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 153 | Ecuador | 2023 | #10: Fisheries Subsidies | Implement monitoring and control mechanisms for existing incentives in the fisheries sector (Art. 52 of the Fisheries Law). | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 154 | Ecuador | 2023 | #10: Fisheries Subsidies | Coordinate with the Galápagos Governing Council to identify existing incentives in the fisheries sector (Art. 59 Galapagos Organic Law and Art. 5 of the Galapagos Organic Law Regulation). | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 155 | Ecuador | 2023 | #10: Fisheries Subsidies | Coordinate with PetroEcuador to compile information related to fuel subsidies, related to prices, volumes, and amounts for the fisheries sector. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 156 | Ecuador | 2023 | #10: Fisheries Subsidies | Coordinate with the public finance governing body to disaggregate subsidies for fisheries development in the annual Budget and Subsidies report. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 157 | Ecuador | 2023 | #11: Official Development Assistance | Improve the filters in the ODA disbursement list, in coordination with VAP, to include categories of fisheries and marine conservation projects (for example). | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 158 | Ecuador | 2023 | #11: Official Development Assistance | Implement mechanisms to conduct evaluations of ODA projects and interventions. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 159 | Ecuador | 2023 | #11: Official Development Assistance | Publish information on the plans, programs, projects, and technical assistance under its execution (both public investment, cooperation, etc.), as well as the results and achievements. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 160 | Ecuador | 2023 | #12: Beneficial Ownership | Evaluate the mechanism for incorporating beneficial ownership information as a requirement in applications for enabling titles. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 161 | Ecuador | 2023 | #12: Beneficial Ownership | Determine and implement mechanisms for publishing the beneficial ownership of the various authorizatios granted, in compliance with regulations on access to information and confidentiality. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 162 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Strengthen mechanisms for disseminating information about the sector, namely brochures, specific publications and the use of social networks. | Medium | 2025 | In progress | |
| 163 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Publish the fishing and evaluation access contracts and the terms and conditions established in the respective access contract, once available. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 164 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Publish the reports and results of all stock assessments carried out in recent years (including those of ICCAT) on the IMar/DNPA website or in the online fisheries database. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 165 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Publish online any future fish stock assessment programs that are planned, as well as the research needed to support this assessment. | High | 2025 | In progress | |
| 166 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Ensure that annual information on catches (landings) is published online in timely manner. This information should be broken down by species and fishing gear. | High | 2025 | In progress | |
| 167 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish an updated online list of all Cabo Verde-flagged and foreign-flagged large-scale fishing vessel,s authorized to fish in Cabo Verde's marine jurisdictional waters. The list of vessels must include all 14 attributes of the vessel, as defined in the FiTI Rules. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 168 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Resume socio-economic and food security studies of fishing communities. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 169 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Publish the list of holders of small-scale fishing licenses with information on the total amount of fees applied. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 170 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Recommend that IMar include information on the informal fishing sector in the 2026 Census, disaggregated from other primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 171 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Coordinate with the INE, IGP and Customs in order to have available export and import data broken down by species, as well as by country of destination and origin. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 172 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Publish a list of administrative offenses, broken down by the name of the vessel/owner, the nature of the infractions and the fines imposed. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 173 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #9: Labour Standards | Ratify the ILO and IMO Conventions, as well as the ratification of the STCWF Convention. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 174 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #9: Labour Standards | Recommend to the DNPA and the IMP that awareness-raising activities be carried out with the General Directorate of Labour regarding the legalization of employers in the (national) fisheries sector, as well as the publication of infractions committed by them and mitigation measures. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 175 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #9: Labour Standards | Publish online an official summary description of national legislation on labor standards applicable to national and foreign workers employed in the fisheries sector at sea and in the post-capture fisheries sector. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 176 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #10: Fisheries Subsidies | Publish information on the types, amounts and beneficiaries of government financial transfers or subsidies to the fisheries sector (large-scale and small-scale fisheries). | Medium | 2025 | In progress | |
| 177 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #11: Official Development Assistance | Publish an updated list of fisheries-related public sector projects funded by bilateral, multilateral and private donors (the list should include information on the value, purpose and achievements of the projects, as well as the corresponding project evaluations, if applicable). | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 178 | Cabo Verde | 2023 | #12: Beneficial Ownership | Encourage the government to include the fisheries sector in policy measures on beneficial ownership | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 179 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Create and operate a DPA website under the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries for the publication of laws, regulations, fisheries agreements and official national and international policy documents on fisheries, online, up-to-date, easy to locate and searchable; or a specific database for fisheries information. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 180 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Strengthen channels and mechanisms for disseminating information about the sector, namely brochures, specific publications and the use of social networks. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 181 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Prepare, approve and implement a fisheries management plan for São Tomé and Principe that systematically brings together all the sustainable fisheries management measures. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 182 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Assist the DPA in applying legal mechanisms to implement the provisions of the law on consultation and approval of fisheries agreements and to define a strategy for carrying out national consultations with stakeholders, which are provided for in the law and which are complied with and published in good time. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 183 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Publish fishing access agreements and any assessment regarding the compliance of fishing vessels with the terms and conditions set out in the respective access agreement, once available. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 184 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Publish the reports and results of all stock assessments carried out in recent years (including those of ICCAT) on a Ministry of Fisheries website or in the online fisheries database (DPA). | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 185 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Publish online any future fish stock assessment programs it intends to carry out, as well as the research needed to support this assessment. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 186 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Ensure that annual information on catches (landings) is published online in good time. This information should be broken down by species and fishing gear. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 187 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish an up-to-date online register of all STP-flagged and foreign-flagged large-scale fishing vessels authorized to fish in STP's marine jurisdictional waters. The vessel register must include all 14 vessel attributes as defined in the FiTI Standards. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 188 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish all missing information on catches, landings and transhipments of industrial fishing registered in foreign ports of fish caught in São Tomé and Príncipe's EEZ. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 189 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Publish information on the fees (licenses, registrations, etc.) provided for by law for artisanal and semi-industrial fishing. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 190 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Publish information on the economic, social and food security contribution of the industrial, semi-industrial and artisanal fisheries sector and integrate the fisheries sector into the production of national statistics. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 191 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Publish a list of all holders of small-scale fishing licenses with information on the total amount of fees applied, including the registration of vessels, infractions committed and fines imposed. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 192 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Publish official information on the number of people employed in the informal fishing sector. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 193 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Ensure that annual information on the quantity of fish and fishery products produced, as well as information on imports and exports, is published online in a timely manner. This information should be broken down by species, as well as by country of destination/origin. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 194 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Characterize better the fisheries sector and post-harvest economic activities, especially the working conditions of women, and to assess the risks of post-harvest losses. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 195 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Publish updated information on national strategies and activities implemented to ensure compliance with the obligations of fishing vessels and the post-harvest sector. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 196 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Provide and regularly publish information on the national strategies and activities implemented to ensure the compliance of fishing vessels and the post-harvest sector. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 197 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Prepare and publish the National Action Plan to Combat IUU Fishing as recommended by the FAO. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 198 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Publish infringements committed in the fisheries sector in a timely manner. This should include the name of the company or vessel owner, the nature of the infringement and the penalty imposed. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 199 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #9: Labour Standards | Publish online an official summary description of national legislation on labor standards applicable to national and foreign workers employed in the fisheries sector at sea and in the post-harvest fisheries sector. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 200 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #9: Labour Standards | Propose to the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and the Family the legalization of employers in the fisheries sector, as well as the publication of infractions committed by them and mitigation measures. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 201 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #9: Labour Standards | Promote a study on the situation and working conditions in the fisheries sector. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 202 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #10: Fisheries Subsidies | Publish information on the types, amounts and beneficiaries of government financial transfers or subsidies to the fisheries sector (both large and small-scale fisheries). | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 203 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #10: Fisheries Subsidies | Simplify the State budget so that anyone can understand the resources earmarked for the fisheries sector. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 204 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #11: Official Development Assistance | Publish an updated list of fisheries-related public sector projects funded by bilateral, multilateral and private donors (the list should include information on the value, purpose and achievements of the projects, as well as the corresponding project evaluations, if applicable). | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 205 | São Tome and Principe | 2023 | #12: Beneficial Ownership | Define a policy on declarations of beneficial owners for the fisheries sector. This should be based on a participatory and transparent process involving all the stakeholders, from the government to industrial and artisanal fisheries and civil society. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 206 | Madagascar | 2023 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | Accelerate the adoption of texts already drawn up. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 207 | Madagascar | 2023 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | The NMSG calls on its partners to provide technical and financial support for the drafting and revision of fishing sector legislation. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 208 | Madagascar | 2023 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | The NMSG raises awareness among those involved in the fishing industry of the regulations in force and the penalties applicable in the event of infringement. | High | 2026 | Open | |
| 209 | Madagascar | 2023 | #1: National Fisheries Laws, Regulations and Policy Documents | The MPEB must publish the 14 Fisheries Management Plans technically validated by the regional governors. | High | 2024 | Open | |
| 210 | Madagascar | 2023 | #2: Fisheries Tenure Arrangements | Publish a summary of laws and decrees relating to fisheries land tenure with information on all FiTI requirements. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 211 | Madagascar | 2023 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Publish the report on the evaluation of the EU-Madagascar fisheries agreement (2015-2018). | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 212 | Madagascar | 2023 | #3: Foreign Fishing Access Agreements | Publish the annual minutes of the Joint Committee for the EU-Madagascar Fisheries Agreement. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 213 | Madagascar | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Develop communication and fundraising strategies to raise awareness of the importance of the state of fisheries resources. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 214 | Madagascar | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Carry out a systematic assessment of fishery resources. | High | 2027 | Open | |
| 215 | Madagascar | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Undertake a study to assess the sustainability of different commercial fisheries and define measures to ensure the sustainability of these fisheries. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 216 | Madagascar | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Publish an annual summary of the state of fishery resources. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 217 | Madagascar | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Publish information on current and planned efforts to update and extend stock assessments of fisheries resources. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 218 | Madagascar | 2023 | #4: The State of the Fisheries Resources | Organize stakeholder debates to increase investment in stock valuation. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 219 | Madagascar | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | If applicable, include the name of the vessel's consignee in the register of large-scale fishing vessels. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 220 | Madagascar | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Make public information in the register of large-scale fishing vessels on the quantity and species targeted, by-catches that the vessel is authorized to catch and authorized discards, if specified in the vessel's fishing authorization. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 221 | Madagascar | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish a summary of all payments made in the previous year by each vessel involved in large-scale fishing. Summaries should include information on the dates of payments and the Authority that received them. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 222 | Madagascar | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Strengthen existing organizations to provide statistical and economic data. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 223 | Madagascar | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish information in the Statistical Yearbooks of Fisheries and Aquaculture on the quantities of retained catches recorded annually by species or group of species broken down by gear type and flag state, except in the case where a country has only one vessel authorized to fish in Malagasy waters. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 224 | Madagascar | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish information in the Statistical Yearbooks of Fisheries and Aquaculture on recorded quantities of discards by species or group of species broken down by gear type and flag state, except in the case where a country has only one vessel authorized to fish in Malagasy waters. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 225 | Madagascar | 2023 | #5: Large-Scale Fisheries | Publish information in the Statistical Yearbooks of Fisheries and Aquaculture on fishing effort recorded by vessels, broken down by fishery or gear type and flag state. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 226 | Madagascar | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Publish the register of boats and fishing gear marked for small-scale fishing. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 227 | Madagascar | 2023 | #6: Small-Scale Fisheries | Publish the list of card-holding fishermen by region. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 228 | Madagascar | 2023 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Include data on exports and imports of fish and fishery products obtained from the Direction Générale des Douanes in the Annuaires statistiques de la pêche et de l'aquaculture. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 229 | Madagascar | 2023 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Compile and publish the total number of people employed in the commercial fishing sectors, including the number of men and women working in the value chain. | Low | 2026 | Open | |
| 230 | Madagascar | 2023 | #7: Post-Harvest Sector and Fish Trade | Initiated a study on pilot sites of the total number of people employed in the informal fishing sectors, including the number of men and women working in specific sub-sectors. | Low | 2026 | Open | |
| 231 | Madagascar | 2023 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Publish information on national activities and strategies used to ensure that fishing vessels and the post-capture sector comply with national legislation. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 232 | Madagascar | 2023 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Gather and publish data on the financial and human resources deployed by the Government (CSP, ASH, Marine Nationale, Gendarmes, La Douanes, APMF, La Justice, MEDD) to ensure compliance with national legislation. | Medium | 2026 | Open | |
| 233 | Madagascar | 2023 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Define and publish information on what are considered major infractions in the fishing industry. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 234 | Madagascar | 2023 | #8: Fisheries Law Enforcement | Publish annually an updated list of convictions for major offences in the fishing industry (over the last five years), indicating the name of the company or shipowner, the nature of the offence and the penalty imposed. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 235 | Madagascar | 2023 | #9: Labour Standards | Publish a summary description of national labor standards laws applicable to national and foreign workers employed in the marine and post-capture fishing sectors. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 236 | Madagascar | 2023 | #9: Labour Standards | Publish documents, including policy statements and evaluations, concerning a national strategy, if any, or related activities for the enforcement of labor standards laws in the fishing sector, including total figures on financial and human resources deployed by the Government. | High | 2026 | Open | |
| 237 | Madagascar | 2023 | #9: Labour Standards | Annually publish information on the total number of offenses committed by employers in the fishing industry that have been resolved by the authorities. | Medium | 2025 | Open | |
| 238 | Madagascar | 2023 | #10: Fisheries Subsidies | The MPEB must publish annual information on financial transfers or subsidies granted by the Malagasy government to the fisheries sector, taking into account all FiTI requirements. | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 239 | Madagascar | 2023 | #11: Official Development Assistance | Compile and publish annual information on projects financed through official development assistance related to fisheries and marine conservation (including information on project value, purpose, results, evaluations). | High | 2025 | Open | |
| 240 | Madagascar | 2023 | #12: Beneficial Ownership | The MPEB must define a policy for declaring beneficial owners in the fisheries sector. | High | 2025 | Open |
- A country's government is not obliged to implement recommendations from its National MSG. It must, however, respond to each recommendation, even if it rejects the proposal from the National MSG.
- A government’s progress regarding implementation of the National MSG’s recommendations is documented in the country's subsequent FiTI Reports.
- The FiTI Standard does not set out a specific timeframe for improvements to occur, as this is highly dependent on each country’s context and situation. It is the National MSG that states its expectations as to when a recommendation should be addressed by the government.
- The Progressive Improvement Tracker is only updated after the publication of a new FiTI Report. So far, the following 16 FiTI Reports have been included:
- Cabo Verde: 2022, 2023
- Madagascar: 2022, 2023
- Mauritania: 2018, 2019-20, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Seychelles: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Ecuador: 2022-23
- Sao Tome and Principe: 2023
- The FiTI International Secretariat does not independently verify whether recommendations have or have not been fully completed. The implementation status of recommendations is principally documented by the Report Compiler as part of their responsibilities when preparing a FiTI Report. However, if the FiTI International Secretariat finds compelling evidence that contradicts the information the Report Compiler receives from the government, this is noted in the ‘Description’ field.
Version: 1.1 (last updated: 2 April 2025)