Fish-X will take advantage of innovations in open interoperable technology via Gaia-X to put the fishers in the centre of the seafood supply chain. This will serve a triple objective of fish population preservation, protection of the marine environment, and socio-economic development.

The Fish-X Project is developing the tools, Fisheries’ Dataspace (Fish-X), a Traceability App, and an Insight Platform, to support the digital transition of SSF. The dataspace and platform will allow users to visualise and better understand fishing activities and will support the development of digital tools while protecting fishers’ privacy. The Traceability Application will focus on making the supply chains of SSF transparent to consumers and thereby benefiting the fishers through increased visibility and economic returns. The project will try to conciliate two main usages of the digital transition, supporting the evolution of monitoring & control while providing market-oriented information for fishers’ benefit. Various stakeholders such as large to small-scale fisheries, fishermen associations, regulators, relevant ministries, and decision-makers, will participate in the consultative process of developing and refining new technologies in light of the changes and revisions of the CFP.