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TNC Partners is a group of experienced international consultants providing IT, technology, marketing and training excellence to the fishery and aquaculture industries. TNC Partners is a European Econonic Interest Grouping (EEIG).

TNC – Trans-National Consulting

Fisheries and seafood trades have traditionally been fragmented and regional industries, operating in exclusive markets without real understanding or co-operation with other producers. However, these industries have become increasingly trans-national since the mid-twentieth century. The fishing sector is the last great “hunting” industry, but wild stocks worldwide are under severe pressure, and aquaculture is seeking to fill the gap to maintain supplies.
With what the catchword terms “globalization” gaining momentum, the major consuming markets of Japan, Europe, and North America have begun to source fishery products from the world market and increasingly are consuming and trading exotic species that are not traditionally eaten in markets. The profile of seafood risen significantly due to its healthy image and recent scares in the livestock and meat industries and the related concerns about food safety.
This has resulted in supply chains having to supply more diverse fishery products and these distribution networks becoming more complex. Species that traditionally were not normally species for transnational trade have appeared on the market. And populations that traditionally were not seafood consuming regions have become established on the seafood trading map.

However, to support the increasing demand of consumers is not only a matter of supplying more products to more regions. The products that are supplied have to be of high quality and safe for the consumers. The seafood trade is no longer exclusively about selling and buying seafood; the industry must also be able to provide product tracking, batch traceability, proof of origin. These issues are supported by legislation, which as yet is far from being harmonised, and is often complicated and difficult to understand.

TNC Partners is here to help and consult the fish industry, administrators, and agencies in this trans-national business that is becoming more and more complex. From market analyses to ERP, from IT implementation programs to feasibility studies – TNC Partners is there to help you and your business move forward in a trans-national industry and streamline your workflow to meet the legal requirements applicable to the places you buy from or sell to.