Comprehensive Traceability Principles
Creating and administering a plan to collect useful data from fishing activities is a complex undertaking for governments and companies alike. But once collected, multiple stakeholders can use this data to achieve ecological, social, and economic goals. Building that triple impact, or ‘comprehensive’, approach into the design and implementation of a country’s electronic catch documentation and traceability (eCDT) program is one method to help meet all three goals. To assist in making that approach easier to navigate, here are six principles to follow. To find out how to apply them, visit the Pathway to the Principles to discover guidance and resources to support your traceability work.