Status of Electronic Collection and Reporting of Key Information in Major Fisheries

Have the world's fisheries entered the digital age? Today, best practice guides for fisheries are filled with references to all things electronic; yet, how many fisheries are utilizing these technologies in their routine operations?

This report provides an evaluation of the status of electronic collection and reporting of key fisheries and product information in major fishing nations and regions. Electronic fisheries information systems (EFIS) that allow for the accurate and verifiable collection of fisheries data‚ – and the sharing and tracing of that data from harvest through the value chain to final point of sale‚ – are slowly developing in regional, national, and global systems, in both developed and developing countries, and national and international fisheries.