UnloadingAuthorisation Code

andMass Balance Tacking

Francisco Blaha www.franciscoblaha.info

• The concept originates from work done for the DevFISH II

• It is based in the simple fact that “Fish does not become IUU during processing, but is either caught or landed illegally”

• The concept “mixes” two basic elements:• The requirements (in one way

or another) of Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) and a

• Traceability Key Data Element needed to follow a landing through the value chain

Format

AccuracyTheCer'ficate

CatchAccountancy

CatchLegality

FULLTraceabilityCatchtoMarket

MCS(MonitoringControlandSurveillance)

PortStateMeasures

WCPFCCMMsBilateralAgreementsNa8ona

llegisla8ons

ObserversVMS

Volum

eschec

k/e-log

sheet MassBalanceAudits

Inspec8onsandboardings

The CDS

Consistency

Iceberg

Whathappentothefishvolumeswereceived?

• What pathway we have: • Port Arrival Notification: takes care of all

the details, cargo, VMS tracks, etc. defining the risk category (FFA’s Vessels Compliance Index) of the vessels and allocating a Unloading Authorisation Code - UAC.

• Arrival and Offloading Inspection: based on the arrival notification category the frequency target is established (25%, 75% or 100%) and the depth of inspection, including local and WCPFO requirements.

• Processing Establishments: establish a Mass Balance exercise (fish declared in, fish in stock, fish out) and UAC tracing.

• Export permits: Tracing the fish to be exported back to the UACs and then CCS (or any CDs)

UAC

VMS e-ReportingThe process - MCS

VMS

Unloading Authorisation Code

120t

40 t

whole fish

cans

40 t

loins

40 t

20 t 20 t

Arrival Clearance

Fisheries Information Management Systems

120 t = [40 t + (40t - 20t) + (40t-20t)]

Fish Accountancy

Certification

ATS

Vessel Register

VDS Validation

(only if Authorised by

Country)

Audit & Traceability

Vessel eCDS e- Forms

Licensing

(only if Authorised by

Country)

Other Integration

FFA Good Standing

Reporting

Catch Legality and Traceability

eCDS

Factory

e-Forms

eCDS FIMS

• iFIMS – provides industry with a platform to manage and eLodge data near real time

• Catch Reporting and other functions available for any country

• Over 260 Purse Seine Vessels currently registered

• Provides for Catch Reporting to FIMS

iFIMS e-forms

FIMS has Catch Reporting which will be expanded using feedback from users

FIMS Catch reporting

SPCData Entry on Vessel

Company Copy

Data Flow

eCDSPhilippines

Korea

Papua New Guinea

Marshall Islands

Example Log in

Etc

• The Observer app is MSC/CDS Ready and FIMS can use the data for MSC, CDS and VDS NFD Validation

• 135 Android tablets and Delorme inReach devices have been delivered to POA and members for the trials thanks to WWF and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

• PNG also have a further, self-funded, 400 devices

Observer e-reporting

SPC

National System

Data Entry on Vessel

Country Review and eLodge

PNA

DataFlow

Observer Communication

Satellite

eForm data or message sent from iFIMS Android App

Message sent from iFIMS

Transhipmentorunloading• Checkusingsystem(eg.PNA/eCDSFIMS):

• VMS/VDSStatus>CatchingArea>LicenseforCatchingAreas

• LogbookeRepor8ngData• ObservereRepor8ngData>GEN3Issues)

Port-call notice ReceivedIssueUnloadingAuthorisa'onCode

Fish Accountancy & Catch Certification

Gives Starting Sum for Mass Balance tracking

The figures and its origins can be verified in the case of weight in at wharfs or

processing establishments

Fish Accountancy & Catch CertificationFish movements are assigned to “trade cert” that maintains the mass balance tracking

It can produce any catch certificate in a pre established format according to the market, as data fields are standardised

Unloading Authorisation Code export

sales processing distribution consumption

Mass Balance

EU Catch Certificate Validation

IN COUNTRY TRACEABILITY

INTER COUNTRY

TRACEABILITY

MCS / NAT. TRACEB.

LAWS

CDS

Trade Document

Big Picture

fishing operation

Thank you