Fisheries Information & Traceability
Our Fisheries Information & Traceability
The FIT Program (Fishery Information and Traceability) is a program that combines FIP Program (Fishery Improvement Project) and PVR (Proactive Vessel Registry). FIT Program aims to encourage the information availability regarding skipjack-tuna fisheries in an integrated database and to improve the traceability system for all member companies of AP2HI.
Benefits
- It is necessary to have a good traceability system to demonstrate transparency and to meet the market requirements in international markets
- This Integrated information provides inputs to improve efficiency of fishing practices and demonstrates compliance levels towards existing regulations.
- It enhances the readiness of the companies to pass the audit of MSC Chain-of-Custody.
The main activities of the FIT program are:
- To collect and to analyze documentations from each member company on a regular basis (the requested documentations are data about vessels, catches, productions, use of bait , etc);
- To develop and to manage database recorded by AP2HI;
- To give feedback to each member company based on analysis of data submitted;
- To facilitate the visits and reviews from the experts related to traceability and MSC Chain-of–Custody;
- To prepare member companies to face audit of MSC Chain-of–Custody;
- To conduct trials on various types of VMS (Vessel Monitoring System) for vessels owned by member companies;
- To provide information regarding auditor of MSC Chain-of-Custody to the member companies;
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