The Expert Panel on Legal and Traceable Wild Fish Products

The Panel has reached consensus on eight key recommendations. The recommendations address the following themes:

Minimum information standards for wild caught fish products

Authoritative data sources, including a global record of fishing vessels

A harmonized system of “landing authorizations” to provide primary assurances of the legal origin of fish products

Multiple points of verification throughout seafood supply chains

A transition to fully electronic traceability systems for all commercial fish products within the next five years

Support and capacity building for those producers needing help with the transition

A global architecture for interoperability of seafood traceability systems

Where applicable, non-discriminatory border measures setting minimum standards for seafood traceability and proof of legal origin to combat trade in IUU products while facilitating legitimate commerce through a “risk based, tiered, and targeted” approach.

A fuller statement of each of these recommendations is contained in the report.