Many tourism-heavy Small Island Development States (SIDS) have been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the need to rebuild and diversify economies, hopes are increasingly pinned on the countries'…
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tBrief #3 – Fishing in the dark: Transparency of beneficial ownership
Beneficial ownership – that is, the natural person who ultimately owns or controls a business or transaction – is a topic that is grabbing global attention. The negative consequences of…
FiTI Board approves COVID-19 induced 3-year moratorium on annual contributions
Victoria, 7 September 2020. The International Board of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) has announced today its approval of granting countries a three-year moratorium (2020 – 2022) regarding annual financial…
FiTI and IACA extend collaboration: New webinar series on tackling corruption in fisheries
Victoria/Laxenburg. After the positive reception of the webinar “Corruption in fisheries: A key obstacle for resilient oceans”, the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) and the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) have agreed…
tBrief #2 – Transparency of fisheries tenure: Incomplete, unreliable and misleading?
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…
Seychelles is granted FiTI Candidate status
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…
Cabo Verde joins FiTI!
Mindelo, 12 February 2020 - The Minister of Maritime Economy, Dr. Paulo Lima Veiga, with the due authorization of the Council of Ministers, declared today Cabo Verde's unequivocally commitment to…
Senegal: Stakeholders call on President Sall to honor FiTI commitment
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…
tBrief #1 – Transparency in fisheries: not as clear as it seems
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…
FiTI legally registered as a members’ association in Seychelles
Victoria – 24 February 2020. The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) has been legally registered today in the Seychelles as a global members' association. From June 2015 until January 2020, the…