The goal of this project was to generate recommendations to improve a fish traceability system. This system was piloted by MarViva, a non-profit marine protection organization in Costa Rica. We conducted field work in the communities of Palito and Costa de Pájaros to gather opinions from the participants about this pilot program and made observations on its implementation. We concluded that the current system is prone to human error, leading to inaccurate documentation. An electronic database was designed to reduce this error and expedite the data entry process. We also updated current traceability materials based on feedback we collected during our field work.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Civitarese, Anna Marie
• Ketchum, Cy M
• Hulburt, Tessa Comstock
• Tran, Lina

Subject

• Environment
• Computing
• Industry
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050714-103847

Keyword

• Organizational effectiveness
• Fisheries
• Electronic data processing

Advisor

• Ault, Holly Keyes
• Ludwig, Reinhold

Year

• 2014

Center

• San Jose, Costa Rica Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• La Fundación MarViva

Date created

• 2014-05-07

Location

• San José

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright