Vessel Tracking Installation in Madura to support Sustainability and Traceability of BSC Fishery Product in Indonesia

APRI has been installed Vessel Tracking System to several location in Madura on 17 May 2017. This activity was supported by Pelagic Data System (PDS) and assessing the supply chain in PT.  Sumber Mina Bahari (SMB). The application of PDS / Pelagic Data System to support  Tracking system on fishing boat. The movement of fishing boats can be known so that the location of catching and also the enumeration data can be synergized to get the catch per catch effort. So that sustainability and tracebility of crab farming can be maintained.

The goals are to assess the data needs and opportunities of the Blue Swimming Crab (BSC) fishery and its associated supply chain in Madura, Indonesia and to help inform key stakeholders how to set up the Fisher Stewardship Program pilot to support implementation of the control document system. We are developing a BSC-specific ground-truthing data set to support the upcoming pilot work with the control document and fisher stewardship program, and observing and evaluating the current data flow, data handling, and data gaps within the existing supply chain. We will determine where and how vessel tracking can fill gaps, and what developments may be required to fully integrate new data stream into the existing system in the most user-friendly manner possible.