Driving global interoperability: How IFT’s new open-source tool could transform seafood traceability

Seafood is one of the most globally traded food commodities, but also one of the hardest to trace. With complex supply chains spanning oceans, landing sites, processors, distributors and retailers, data often becomes fragmented, locked away in siloed systems that don’t “speak” to each other. For regulators, NGOs and increasingly discerning consumers, this fragmentation fuels concerns over mislabelling, illegal fishing and sustainability claims.