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MetricFishing vessel traceability and monitoring

Vessels registered with authorities and using tracking technology

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports the registration status of fishing vessels with relevant authorities and their use of tracking technology, with counts and proportions based on the stated vessel population; small vessels below 15 metres are addressed through logbooks or equivalent systems.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
number of vessels; proportion (%) of vessels — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Report counts and proportions of applicable vessels; use total vessels or total vessels sourced from as the applicable denominator.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Fishing vessel traceability and monitoring
Controlled domain
Governance and business conduct
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Vessels operated by the organisation and, where applicable, vessels from which the organisation sources fish; includes small vessels below 15 metres where applicable.

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Additional sector guidance – Fishing v1.0 (June 2025), p.87, Table 17, F.A22.0
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    F.A22.0
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, June 2025
    Requirement
    Recommended
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Additional sector guidance – Fishing v1.0 (June 2025), p.87, Table 17, F.A22.0
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
number of vessels; proportion (%) of vessels — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period

Unit meaning: Values use number of vessels; proportion (%) of vessels under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.

Table fields and units

  • Vessel population or value-chain scope
  • Registration authority or registration status
  • Number of vessels registered
  • Proportion of applicable vessels registered (%)
  • Tracking technology status
  • Number of vessels using tracking technology
  • Proportion of applicable vessels using tracking technology (%)
  • Vessel size category
  • Logbook or equivalent-system status for vessels below 15 metres
  • Vessel name, flag State and IMO number where available

Published dimensions

  • Registration authority or status, including IMO, port authority, fishing authority and Flag State
  • Use of tracking technology
  • Vessel size category, including vessels below 15 metres
  • For vessels below 15 metres, use of logbooks or equivalent systems
  • Vessel identification details where available, including vessel name, flag State and IMO number

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Report the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. F.A22.0 is an additional-sector, value-chain metric with an explicit reportable output: counts and proportions of vessels registered with named authorities and using tracking technologies. Its distinct denominators, vessel-size treatment and registration/tracking fields require a structured metric rather than a generic vessel count or a monitoring-cost metric. No shortlist item represents the same construct, boundary and value shape.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

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Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 30 August 2026

    TNFD additional sector guidance collection

    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
    Locator
    Additional sector guidance – Fishing v1.0 (June 2025), p.87, Table 17, F.A22.0

    Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Vessels registered with authorities and using tracking technology”.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: TNFD sector guidance, Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents).

  • State whether the denominator is total vessels operated or total vessels from which the organisation sources.
  • Describe the registration authorities included and the basis used to determine registration status.
  • Describe the tracking technologies treated as qualifying.
  • Identify treatment of vessels below 15 metres and whether logbooks or equivalent systems are used.
  • State whether reported counts and proportions cover own operations, sourcing, or both.

Record-specific limitations

  • The extracted specification does not define qualifying tracking technologies.
  • The applicable denominator differs between an organisation's vessels and vessels from which it sources.
  • Disclosure of vessel names, flag States and IMO numbers is encouraged where possible and may be unavailable for some vessels.
  • For vessels below 15 metres, logbooks or equivalent systems are specified as the relevant monitoring evidence rather than a universal tracking-technology requirement.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.