Shared Data, Shared Goals: A Review of APEC and Metacoalition Engagement with FAO Data-sharing Platforms
Security Theme
IUU Fishing
Keywords
IUU fishing, vessel transparency, supply chain risk, APEC Economies, Metacoalition, seafood sector
Description
The goal of the Supply Chain Risk Project (SCRP) is to encourage coordinated actions between the private and public sectors to share vessel-level data to foster transparent supply chains, streamline data-sharing, and support stronger interventions to reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Through the development of SCRP, the team has identified clear gaps in the sharing of vital fishing vessel-level information, particularly between public and private sector stakeholders. To help close these gaps, and improve vessel-level transparency, the SCRP team is promoting engagement between the Metacoalition, a group of six coalitions of organizations that have private seafood sector participants, and the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Economies using three Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) global data-sharing platforms: the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels (Global Record), the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) Applications for Designated Ports and Contact Points, and the PSMA Global Information Exchange System (GIES), which has been adopted and will be fully operationalized at the beginning of 2024.
Shared Data, Shared Goals: A Review of APEC and Metacoalition Engagement with FAO Data-sharing Platforms
The goal of the Supply Chain Risk Project (SCRP) is to encourage coordinated actions between the private and public sectors to share vessel-level data to foster transparent supply chains, streamline data-sharing, and support stronger interventions to reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Through the development of SCRP, the team has identified clear gaps in the sharing of vital fishing vessel-level information, particularly between public and private sector stakeholders. To help close these gaps, and improve vessel-level transparency, the SCRP team is promoting engagement between the Metacoalition, a group of six coalitions of organizations that have private seafood sector participants, and the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Economies using three Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) global data-sharing platforms: the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels (Global Record), the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) Applications for Designated Ports and Contact Points, and the PSMA Global Information Exchange System (GIES), which has been adopted and will be fully operationalized at the beginning of 2024.