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TRADE Management System is a web-based information technology (IT) system that enhances identity preservation and traceability capacity within the Papua New Guinea marine aquarium trade. It is an integrated application that links all participants in the supply chain (fishers, exporters, and importers) as well as other stakeholders such as government agencies and local level government agencies.
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Identity Preservation, or the value to track a particular product, whether it is a legally caught fish, or produce grown organically, allows for the value of this item to be preserved through the value chain, promoting both a better return on investment for the producer/harvester. It also promotes the environment through cutting-edge use of technology as a tool. Supporting the identity preservation component of the Marine Aquarium Trade in PNG is the TRADE Management System. This system provides real-time feedback and data analysis capabilities to key industry stakeholders. While
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it is expected that this type of information exchange system will significantly benefit the marine aquarium industry, this program has the replicability potential in other industries requiring effective natural resource management. Effective use of information technology plays a major role in the management of the marine aquarium trade by improving identity preservation and traceability. |
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Maintaining the traceability of a batch of certified marine aquarium organisms is an essential component of Certification. Key aspects of the traceability are: 1) ensuring that organisms can be tracked from the certified FMA/fishers group of their origin, 2) documenting movement in and out of one Certified facility to the next, c) recording and reporting mortality at each step of the process.
An effective IT-based system greatly improves fishers, exporters and importers’ efficiency regarding certification and business management more broadly, e.g.:
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Improving equity of income distribution by enabling the fishers to receive much quicker feedback on shipment status at the exporter and track how much money they received in their bank account versus what the exporter accepted. The system is designed to improve the timeliness of payments from the exporter to the fishers;
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Providing real-time information on over fishing of certain species through the use of easily monitored TAC limits and fishing source information; |
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Enable the PNG National Fisheries Authority (NFA), and licensed exporter and participating importers to access and analyze data reliably, make and track orders, monitor catch statistics, and a whole range of other information options. |
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