The Indonesian government has introduced new regulations governing the minimum landing size of blue swimming crab, banning landing berried females, and banning mini-trawl gear. If these regulations are complied with, then the best available modeling indicates typical BSC stocks will rebuild, and trap and gillnet fishers will benefit very quickly.
Since 2015, APRI has been working closely with NFI Crab Council and SFP to establish a Control Document/Audit System. APRI also has introduced this CDAS to the ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. The supply chain has the power – through control documents – to significantly assist Indonesia, by excluding illegal actors from the legal supply chain.
Trials of the Control Document has been conducted in three supply chain of APRI members in Madura, East Lampung, and Southeast Sulawesi. Juan Manuel (SFP) conducted a visit to these supply chain in August 2016. The purpose of the visit was to observe the traceability and documentation process implemented by the companies with their correspondent supply chains and to provide advice and improvement recommendations, if needed, to their processes. As the next step, APRI will hire independent, third-party auditors to confirm implementation of control documents across the entire BSC supply chain – from collectors to mini-plants, processors and importers. This monitoring and auditing is a key part of the industry engagement effort.
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