Today’s global marketplace demands not only efficiency but also accountability. To meet escalating regulatory and buyer sourcing requirements, traceability software has become an increasingly important tool to streamline and scale operations. However, for the last decade I have watched these systems far too often fail to deliver the assurance
TL;DR we added 14,614 vessels from Alaska, Panama, and more to the Goldfish API this week. We now source from 4 more country vessel lists and have 3 new vessel output variables on the API. Interested? Scroll down to the Sandbar section to learn how to start testing
TL;DR we added 25 new country datasets, so the vessel API is now bigger, stronger, and more accurate than before. You can get a complete picture of a vessel’s information and operations in a matter of seconds. Maybe I didn’t explain that properly above, but this is
TL;DR our new MSC fisheries function instantly checks the status and details of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) fisheries certificates. 2 new functions in 1 week? That’s right. We did that. We’ve been busy, heads down, working in the spreadsheet trenches so you can kick back and relax.
TL;DR The API is now a powerful new tool to help you access and utilize fishery information. We’ve made it ridiculously easy for anyone to ensure the sustainability and legality of your seafood supply chain. I swear that is the last boring blog title I ever post. I
Today the US Department of Homeland Security announced another round of additions to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, and for the first time a seafood company was included. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) signaled this was coming at their annual trade summit earlier this year, so
Last Friday, NOAA released a report to Congress on SIMP implementation that we need to unpack. For the newcomers, the US Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) is a regulation that requires reporting detailed sourcing information including fishing vessels, species and harvest areas for ~30% of all seafood entering the US.
TL;DR Our API vessel search just got a lot more forgiving. We now recognize special characters in names lost in translation or corrupted during transcription. We also say hei to 5,511 new 🇳🇴Norwegian vessel friends. As someone who only watches films where at least one thing explodes, I
TL;DR We’ve integrated the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) database into the Goldfish API, providing greater specificity, support for regional common names and expanded research potential. We see you, neeeeerrrrds! This is a non-sequitur, but my first experience of a ‘5-Guys’ was in Germany many years ago. After
We’ve entered a No Fun Zone this week because forced labor in supply chains isn’t a subject of debate with Larry. If you haven’t heard of the Outlaw Ocean Project, it is a nonprofit focused on investigative journalism of crime in seafood supply chains. If you work
Our intention with every product update is to create new value for organizations, whether that’s enabling people to get more out of existing technology investments or helping teams become a little bit more efficient, a little bit more profitable, and a lot happier with the outcomes of their work.
Hey, Larry, Larr? Look up from row 502, column 1254 sunshine; it’s us again. We’ve added some fresh details to the Goldfish API. This week, we have brrrrrrr 🥁 harmonized Gear Types! But not just any gear types, FAO Gear Types, and just for funsies, they’re also associated
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Last month US Customs and Border Protection hosted its annual trade summit, a multi-day stakeholder convening that covers all things trade governance. In panel after panel I was shocked to see one topic raised more often than drug trafficking, more than human trafficking, more than gold or counterfeit goods: illegal
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Last week, we openly mocked your spreadsheet(s); this week, we’re doubling down with another tool to help you transition away from the tyranny of Larry’s Excel doc riddled with macros. (Sorry, Larry.) TL;DR Sandbar 🏖️ is a playground that helps people freely validate whether our API is
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Never hunt for due diligence information again. Validated, simplified fisheries data is now available at your fingertips. Goldfish is thrilled to introduce our latest innovation, a highly user-friendly API that will revolutionize how stakeholders interact with fisheries data. This cutting-edge GraphQL API packages the best of our web application, leveraging
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This is part of our series to help seafood professionals, newcomers and enthusiasts navigate the complexities of sourcing data. For more, read about species, vessel identifiers and harvest areas. For as long as humans have lived near water we have been fishers, and for as long as we have been
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This is part of our series to help seafood professionals, newcomers and enthusiasts navigate the complexities of sourcing data. For more, read about species and vessel identifiers. If watching a fishing vessel slowly disappear into the mist doesn't make you wonder "which management area are they headed
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This is the second installment of our series to help seafood professionals and enthusiasts navigate the complexities of sourcing data. For more, see our post on species. Keeping track of fishing vessels through supply chains is increasingly important for trade. The United States, European Union and quite a few additional
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This is the first installment of a short series to help seafood professionals and enthusiasts navigate the complexities of sourcing data. Thousands of finfish, shellfish, invertebrate and marine mammal species are served around the world from everyday meals to once-in-a-lifetime celebrations. Thanks to the sophistication of modern supply chains, much
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The Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and Justice are putting the world on notice - US sanctions are not just a domestic issue. Here's what seafood supply chains need to know.
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Last December, President Biden expanded upon a 2022 Executive Order banning select US imports from Russia–including seafood–to now encompass Russian-origin exports to the US from any country. Given their shared border and extensive processing capacity China has frequently served as an intermediary for Russian seafood en route to
Don't say we didn’t warn you about this one! Starting later this month, US imports of red snapper will have to include the name, flag and fishing permit information for all contributing harvest vessels—regardless of their size. Until now, NOAA’s Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP)
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On December 22, 2023 President Biden updated his previous Executive Order banning imports of Russian seafood to the US because, frankly, the 2022 version wasn't working. The new order became effective immediately which meant that some implementing measures needed to be put in place right away. Here’s
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We'll break down the seafood requirements in President Biden's second Executive Order on banning Russian seafood imports and discuss what to expect moving forward.