Over the last eight years, MDPI has strived to support yellowfin tuna handline fishers in attaining Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. When we began facilitating data collection in late 2012, as part of Anova Food’s Fishing and Living program, we deeply believed that the communities we work alongside could eventually document and strengthen their compliance…

At the start of her journey with MDPI in January 2015 as Fair Trade Manager, Yasmine Simbolon managed the implementation of Fair Trade Capture Fisheries Standard for small-scale handline tuna fishers in Eastern Indonesia. Jaz is no stranger to fisher groups who work together with MDPI and has since become one of the leaders in…

BALI, July 11, 2019 – Under USAID’s INVEST initiative, MDPI has been awarded a project to develop and test an approach that incorporates FinTech solutions and women’s economic empowerment activities alongside the electronic catch documentation and traceability (eCDT) app, Trafiz. The main objectives of this project are to improve the role of women in small-scale…

JAKARTA, June 18, 2019 – MDPI Foundation, Anova, and Harta Samudra collaborated with Bumble Bee Seafoods and the German-based company SAP logistics to successfully implement blockchain technology for strengthening traceability in supply chains sourcing from small-scale handline fisheries. This implementation is the first in Indonesia and the world for small-scale fisheries. Blane Olson, Director of…