Trygg MatTracking

TMT collects vessel information tracking data with the explicit purpose of identifying and notifying relevant stakeholders of illegal fishing operations. TMT compiles and updates a global registry of IUU vessels, normally kept by RFMOs and certain agencies like INTERPOL, and makes a list of IUU vessels public. In addition, it is building a tool (Fisheries Analytical Capacity Tool) similar to FishSpektrum that intends to identify every active vessel on the global fishing fleet and the companies that operate it, using the vessel as the unit of analysis. TMT has supported initiatives in West Africa to combat illegal fishing, mainly by identifying and tracking fishing vessels, analyzing their movement patterns, defining ownership structures of fishing fleets, and investigating fishing crimes. This system therefore has the most utility after a fishery has adopted some sort of functional tracking program.