CONAKRY – 13 January 2018. Building on the commitment of the Guinean President and of its Government to join the FiTI, the African Confederation of Artisanal Fisheries Professional Organisations (CAOPA)…
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Nigeria signs Letter of Intent to become a FiTI Country
ABUJA – 23 January 2018. At the occasion of the 3rd meeting of the FiTI International Board, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Honourable Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural…
Highlights of 2017
BERLIN – 22 December 2017. As 2017 is coming to an end, the FiTI International Secretariat looks back at the many highlights of this exciting year for the Fisheries Transparency…
PRCM & FiTI join forces to promote fisheries transparency in West Africa
CONAKRY – 27 October 2017. The FiTI International Secretariat and the West African Regional Marine and Coastal Conservation Programme (PRCM) formalised their cooperation in promoting more responsible and sustainable fisheries…
First Guidance Note to support countries in implementing the sign-up steps
BERLIN – 03 November 2017. The FiTI International Secretariat released today its first Guidance Note to support countries in implementing the FiTI Standard. The Guidance Note #01: “The sign-up steps…
ACP Ministers encourage transparency, participation and accountability in fisheries
NASSAU – 18-21 September 2017. Ministers in charge of Fisheries and Aquaculture from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) met for their 5th Meeting in the Bahamas…
Mauritania consolidates progress towards a FiTI Candidate application
NOUAKCHOTT – 12-15 September 2017. For the first visit since the transition of the FiTI to its implementation phase, the FiTI International Secretariat conducted a country visit in Mauritania to…
16th COFI-FT: Good Governance key to promote sustainability in fisheries values chains
BUSAN – 4-8 September 2017. The FiTI International Secretariat participated in the Sixteenth Session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Fish Trade in the Republic of Korea. Fish and fishery products…
Indian Ocean Islands, East African countries collaborate to enhance transparency and participation in fisheries
For two days, over 30 representatives from the fishing industry, civil society, governments and fishing administrations from Seychelles, Mauritius, Comoros, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique as well as international stakeholders, met…
FiTI invited to speak at Committee on Fisheries of the European Parliament
BRUSSELS – 21 June 2017. Following the proposal of MEP Ms Linnéa Engström (Greens group coordinator), the Committee on Fisheries of the European Parliament has decided to invite the FiTI…