This document aims to help both private sector operators and governments develop and implement traceability systems for fish value chains by offering technical advice on enforcing and adequately verifying traceability. It serves as a benchmark for existing traceability systems, evaluating their efficacy and identifying associated gaps.

The FAO-Thiaroye processing technique (FTT), an improved smoking technique for cooking fish, was introduced in Ghana in 2009. Despite its numerous benefits, the adoption rate has been slow. The results of this study demonstrate the financial profitability, fast return on investment, economic viability, and environmental sustainability of the FTT compared to other i...

Ports are considered the main drivers of the blue economy, thanks to their capacity to influence social, economic, and environmental realities. This guidance is a tool that helps authorities to gain a better understanding of the process of transformation that is required to become a blue port. It provides advice and tools to fishing ports on how they may become blu...