CALDAP is an information system which provides processors and distributors with catch and landing dataof fishery products recorded at fisheries cooperatives or auction houses at landing ports. This data includes
vessel name, catch area, fishing gear, weight of caught species, landing date, and landing port.
■Why do we need to transmit the catch and landing data?

SIMP：Seafood Import Monitoring Program

In January 2018, the U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program(SIMP) entered into force. Under this new regulation, operators
exporting fishery products containing species subject to the SIMP,such as tunas (including skipjack tuna), are required to provide U.S.
importers with the product’s catch and landing data.
The
Captain’s statement of dolphin-safe is also required for tunas tocomply with U.S. Tuna Tracking and Verification Program (TTVP).
In addition, the European Union (EU) requires exporters from
non-member states to provide EU importers with catch and landing
information through submitting the catch certificate whenexporting fishery products (excluding aqua-cultural products, etc.).
Besides the above cases, traceability is also important for seafood
destined for the domestic market. Traceability allows operators torapidly detect and recall affected products in the event of a foodincident, and to confirm that a product’s label of origin is correct.
In 2018, Japan’s Fisheries Agency issued the “Guidelines on
Traceability for Seafood Exports” to describe the necessary steps
each stakeholder throughout the supply chain (from catch/harvestto export) should take to ensure seafood traceability, includingtransmission of catch and landing data.

This regulation is intended to remove
IUU fishery products or misbranded
seafood from the U.S. market. Importers arerequired to register electronic data, in a
specific format, with the Customs andBorder Protection’s information system.
This data includes catch and landing data.
U.S. TTVP for dolphin-safe labeling
A written statement executed by thecaptain of the fishing vessel is required forexporting tuna products to U.S.
Catch certificate scheme in the EU
This scheme is based on the regulation
established in 2008 by the European
Council to prevent, deter, and eliminate
IUU fishing (EC regulation No. 1005/2008).
When exporting fishery products to the EU,
exporters are required to submit catchcertificates issued by the flag state of thefishing vessel. In Japan, the Fisheries
Agency is the validating authority, and has
published a guide for applying for catch
certificates.

■Repurposing data already recorded at landing ports
Distributors in Japan mainly transfer information on seafood
products using paper invoices or certificates, meaning that electronicmeans are not widely employed.
On the other hand, many fisheries cooperatives and auction houses
at landing ports have electronic records of catch and landing data,
gathered in the process of calculating sales volume and sendingaccountstatements
tofishingoperators
andbuyers(processors/distributors).
The idea to make use of this electronic data was the starting point
for developing CALDAP.
Japanese Association of Seafood Traceability

Fisheries cooperatives / Auction houses at landing ports
Fisheries cooperatives are organizations
mainly consisting of commercial fishers.
They engage in activities aligned with theirmembers’ mutual interests, such as selling
their catches. The action houses are privatecompanies or fisheries cooperatives which
run trading in the fish market at landingports.
Most of the catches by Japanese vesselsare first received by fisheries cooperatives
or auction houses at landing ports.

Updated in July 2019■ Overview and functions of CALDAPCALDAP receives electronic data from fisheries cooperatives or auction houses at landing ports, andelectronically transmits the catch and landing data or certificates necessary for seafood export to the direct
buyers (processors/distributors) of catches.
VesselFisheries Cooperative / Auction Houseat Landing Port

Buyer (Processor/Distributor)

CatchSorting, Selling mainly at auction

Freezing, Storing, Container Vanning

Hearing catch
date, catch area

Note oncatch①Entering
the catch data.

Account
Statement

Sales Accounting
System(for fishingoperators)

Enteringthe salesdataAccountStatement(Added new function to)(for buyers)②Transmitting the data
after aggregating transaction③Downloading data/certificates forthe lots which the buyers purchased
Data for SIMP

・NOT receiving price data
・Displaying the data of thelots ONLY to those who
dealt with them

Exporter

CALDAP

Catch and Landing Data Platform（Newly developed）

Electronic files
needed for application
for catch certificates④ Being able to sendexporters the data /files by email etc.

The function to receive and provide captain’s statement will be added on July 2019.
CALDAP allows buyers to acquire catch and landing data for the lots of catch they have purchased. Such data can be sent anytime
to the buyer’s computer in the necessary format (such as CSV for SIMP or PDF for catch certificate).
The SIMP and EU certificate scheme require a portion of the data elements to be entered in English or with a specific code. The
master data of CALDAP contains translations of such data elements (e.g. name of species, vessel name, fishing gear, catch area),
which enables operators to easily respond to the above requirements.

■Development / pilot in 2018, and expansion in 2019CALDAP was developed by the Japanese Association of Seafood

SJC Co. Ltd.
An IT developer in Sendai which excels atsystems for fisheries cooperatives andauction houses at landing ports.

Traceability (JAST), with funding from Japan’s Fisheries Agency. SJC
Co. Ltd. manages the development and operation of the software forCALDAP.
In August 2018, a pilot project for CALDAP was started, covering
landings of skipjack and albacore tunas at Kesennuma. TheKesennuma Fisheries Cooperative Association, which runs theauction house at Kesennuma fish market uses CALDAP also forsaury, mackerel and sardine. Ofunato Fish Market will join andWhy skipjack/albacore?
Some of the landed skipjacks andalbacores
areoftenexported
toThailand/Vietnam for canning process, andre-exported to the U.S. These canned
products are subject to the SIMP and TTVP.
Buyers using CALDAP (as of July 2019)
Abecho Shoten Co. Ltd.
Takahashi Suisan Co. Ltd.
Yokorei Co. Ltd

provide data to CALDAP from July 2019. The Regesterd buyers andtheir customers are able to receive the data/certificates generated byCALDAP.
We look forward to having many operators in the fisheryContact us
Japanese Association of Seafood Traceability
Jun Sakai / Kaoru Yamano: trace@fmric.or.jp
3-1-12, Nishigahara, Kitaku, Tokyo

industry use CALDAP to transmit catch and landing data more JAST c/o Food Marketing Research andefficiently and improve the traceability of their products.
Japanese Association of Seafood Traceability

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Updated in July 2019