for the international movement of fish once an operator has been verified mostly by the importing nation s food safety regulators and approved to haccp standards that operator can export to the international market box illustrates how a number of important markets have implemented traceability systems in recent years to help ensure food safety what at present seems to be missing and where further work may be required is to have one integrated traceability system in place for all the various standards and requirements including sustainability verification and legality checks that would lower the costs for operators along the fisheries value chain and could contribute to the advancement of global trade