Seafood Traceability & Catch Certification Archives

CATCH – A Big Leap from Paper to Electronic Catch Certification of Imported Seafood entering European Union

09/18/202205/07/2019 by Pramod Ganapathiraju

Catch Certification - Seafood provenance

Catch certification (CC) is a trade control system. The European Council directive 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 established an EU-wide surveillance system to prevent illicit, unreported, and unmanaged fishing catches from entering the EU common market.
The new digital catch certification “CATCH” replaced the old paper-based system. “CATCH will digitalize the paper-based certification process, support EU Member States in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing verification, reduce fraud risk, facilitate trade flows, and reduce operator and administrative duties.”

USA – China trade spat: Would there be any impact on global seafood trading arrangements ?

09/18/202208/04/2018 by Pramod Ganapathiraju

Impact of trade sanctions on developed economies like China are hard to predict due to resilience of Chinese markets to global stressors. In 2017, China decreased duties for cold-water shrimp, crab, pollock, and 6 species of frozen tuna (Hoa and Trang 2017). The increased U.S. tariffs may encourage Chinese providers to import more seafood from Russia, Canada, and South Korea for similar species (e.g. lobster, crabs).

U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program – Viable or Unviable?

09/12/202201/09/2017 by Pramod Ganapathiraju

The U.S. seafood traceability programme (SIMP) attempts to improve data gathering on “harvest, landing, and chain of custody of specific fish and fish products imported into the U.S. that are vulnerable to IUU fishing and seafood fraud” (NOAA 2016). SIMP would require traceability from harvest to first U.S. port of entry.

Do Americans really care if it is Alaska pollock or Russian pollock ?

09/16/202201/22/2016 by Pramod Ganapathiraju

New U.S. Federal Rule on acceptable market names could prevent mislabeling of pollock caught in Alaska (USA) and Russian waters. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently updated its list of acceptable market names for seafood caught in U.S. waters. The common name is the prevalent and often used for selling seafood to consumers. FDA … Read more