The national Competent Authority for Kiribati government is the Kiribati Seafood Verification Agency (KSVA), is a division under the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development (MFMRD) and is responsible for applying controls for regulating the appropriate sanitary handling, process, storage, distribution, export and import of fish and fish and fishery products.
Our vision is of quality and safe seafood products of Kiribati for local and global markets.
Our mission is to ensure and verify the safety and suitability of fish and fishery products intended for human consumption, that are manufactured in onshore and offshore based establishments of Kiribati.
Our key communication roles are
Raising awareness to main clients on roles of KSVA
Raising awareness to public members for any required actions or for educational purposes or for approval.
Informing clients on any updates on important changes made on relevant regulations, fees, changes on Kiribati Industry Standard based on annual review, change of KSVA station, etc.
Collecting important information or feedback from general public on how KSVA can best improve it services to the public.
The Legislation under which this authority is conferred for seafood production is based on the following legislation:
Fisheries Act 2010
Fisheries Amendment Acts 2015, 2017 & 2021
Fish Export Regulation 2012
Kiribati Industry Standard
The Following establishment have been approved and currently operation under their dsignated listing
EU External Listing
KFL (1Processing Plant) - Uploaded very soon
KIRIKORE (Fv Moakona & Fv Moamari) - Uploaded very Soon
KTFL (Fv Kibena 1,2 & 3) - Uploaded very Soon
KIFL (Fv Temanim 1,2 & 3) - Updated very Soon
EU Internal Listing
KFL Chiller
Old & New Jetty
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development
Seafood Verification Division, Betio
Tel: 75126396
Email: info@mfmrd.gov.ki
Corporate Services
Coastal Fisheries
Oceanic Fisheries
GeoScience
Planning and Development