Fisheries tenure systems – how and why governments allocate rights for fishing – are one of the most critical aspects of sustainable fisheries management. However, in many countries fisheries tenure systems are characterised by secrecy and confidentiality.
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Victoria, 3 April 2020. The International Board of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) has announced its approval of the country’s application, making the Seychelles only the second country to be granted the status of a FiTI Candidate country, after Mauritania.
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Mindelo, 12 February 2020 – The Minister of Maritime Economy, Dr. Paulo Lima Veiga, with the due authorization of the Council of Ministers, declared today Cabe Verde’s unequivocally commitment to the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI).
Dakar, February 2020. In an effort to further energise the current implementation process of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) in Senegal, two influental stakeholder groups are calling on President Macky Sall to honor his commitment given at the first FiTI International Conference in Nouakchott, Mauritania, in February 2016 to implement the FiTI.
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Fisheries might have been slow to catch on to the transparency wave, but it is now widely accepted as being fundamental to sustainable fisheries management; yet, the subject is not straightforward at all.
Victoria – 24 February 2020. The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) has been legally registered today in the Seychelles as a global members’ association. Read More →
The International Secretariat of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) is looking for a Senior Public Relations Coordinator. Read More →
Berlin/Victoria – 28 October 2019. The International Board of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) appointed today Dr. Valeria Merino as the 2nd Chair of the FiTI. Read More →
The International Secretariat of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) is looking for a new Regional Coordinator Read More →
Berlin/Victoria – 16 July 2019. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced today their support for the FiTI to increase transparency in fisheries management in Africa and Latin America.