Blue Swimming Crab
Characteristics of Successful Sustainable Fishery Initiatives
Over the past six years, Wilderness Markets has assessed sustainable fisheries investment opportunities in more than fifteen different wild capture fisheries worldwide. Our specific objective is defining how to make
LEVERAGE LEAD FIRMS: ENDURANCE AND EFFICIENCY
Wilderness Markets’ goal with lead firm projects is to attract private, return-seeking impact investment and complement ongoing work by fishery managers and NGOs to improve fisheries.
Blue Star Foods initiative shows 3BL efforts work
BSC fisherman with new vessel tracking device
Blue Star Foods, the Miami, Florida based seafood specialist, is proving that it is possible to have a sustainable
Improve Data to Improve Sustainability
Not finding a suitable existing program, Blue Star Foods decided to develop their own application to gather data tied to their marketing goals and objectives around supply chain integrity. The SIMP and EU CD data requirements were integrated into the data collection system. Wilderness Markets worked closely with an app-development team to develop an Android and iOS application and support the field trials. After the initial field trials, the system was deployed to in-house teams from Blue Star Foods Indonesian partners, consisting of procurement and quality control specialist
Leverage the Middle for Improved Fishery Management and Revenue
The New Middleman: Service Provider and Quality Assure
“Middle man — the very term itself is associated with extra hoops to jump through, farmers being cheated, and limited value being offered
The Wild Blue Crab Investment Model – a case study
Industry stakeholders understand that overfishing undercuts long-term value and prevents realization of full economic potential in local communities. The question is, what to do about it? Wilderness Markets and Blue
Sustainable Fisheries – the role of the fishermen
Significant attention is being paid to the oceans. Between the UN Oceans Conference as the recent Economist leader, attention is (finally!) being given to the significant and numerous
How Crabs, Fishermen, and Bankers Benefit from Better Data in Indonesia
In our previous post, we discussed why we and others have concluded that good data is crucial to fisheries management and investment decisions. This post dives deeper into our
Governance or a Markets Approach? Both. Adopt a Parallel Approach to Fisheries Reform
In our previous posts, we’ve discussed reasons and ways for involving private capital in fisheries reform, including taking a lead firm approach. This post about the parallel approach
Lead Firm Strategy Implementation – Indonesian Blue Swimming Crab
Overview
In 2015, Wilderness Markets completed a value chain summary of the blue swimming crab (BSC) fishery in Indonesia in which we analyzed the current state of fishery data systems,
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