GDST · GS1 · Wholechain
Traceability
Every fish has a story. Traceability standards make that story verifiable — from harvest coordinates to the plate.
What Is Seafood Traceability?
Traceability is the ability to track a seafood product through all stages of production, processing, and distribution. It answers four critical questions: Where was it caught? Who caught it? How was it handled? When did each step occur?
Without traceability, mislabeling, fraud, and unsafe products move invisibly through the supply chain. With it, every party has accountability and consumers have truth.
The Standards Landscape
GDST — Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability
Interoperability StandardAn international, multi-stakeholder initiative establishing business-to-business standards for seafood traceability data interoperability. GDST ensures that data collected at one point in the chain can be understood and used at any other.
GS1 — Global Standards
Technical FoundationThe global language of business. GS1 identifiers (barcodes, QR codes, EPCIS events) are the technical backbone of GDST-compliant traceability, enabling unique identification of products, locations, and parties.
Wholechain
PlatformA platform that puts GDST and GS1 standards in the hands of independent harvesters — simple mobile tools that capture the key data events without requiring enterprise IT infrastructure.
Go Deeper
Read our stories on traceability, or explore what these standards mean for small producers.