ENTREGABLE 7: EL ETIQUETADO DE PECES Y EL RASTRO: IMPLEMENTANDO UN SISTEMA DE DATOS EN LA NUBE

The existing system relied on paper-based forms, which were time-consuming and prone to errors. The forms were completed at each stage of the supply chain, from the fisherman to the restaurant, and the data was then manually entered into a database for analysis. The main concerns with the existing system were the time-consuming process of filling out the forms, the repetitive entry of data, the bottleneck caused by converting paper records to digital data, and the lack of feedback to data collectors. As a result, data collectors in the community found the system frustrating and time-consuming, and they required monetary compensation for their efforts. The system was not sustainable, as it relied on external funding to operate. To address these issues, a new strategy was proposed to integrate data collection systems with cloud-based databases. The goal was to modernize the data collection process and improve data flow for analysis and feedback. By adopting a non-paper-based system, the effort and time required by each person in the supply chain to collect and enter data could be reduced. The system could also provide real-time feedback to the supply chain, enabling tangible benefits as a management tool through data collection. The objective of the project was to design an easy-to-use data collection system for the high-quality fish supply chain that could attach information to each fish to track it from the fisherman to the consumer. The pilot area for the system was the high-quality fish supply chain of the Jurubirá community, through the intermediary Fishmare in Nuqui, to the clients of Takami in Bogotá. Similar systems for labeling and tracking fish through market chains already exist for other fisheries around the world, including the Pacific Canadian and Gulf of the United States fisheries. However, the novelty of the proposed solution lies in how it overcomes the limitations of infrastructure, telecommunications, and internet in the Pacific Colombian region, and how it makes data recorded at the community level simple and easy to use. The system proposed replaces written forms with a simple label attached to the fish and a data entry form through a computer, iPad, or phone to a cloud-based database. The label attached to each fish, a combination of written details on the label and a bar code system, enables tracking of the fisherman to the restaurant. The information the system needs to conserve includes the buyer, fisherman, method of capture, location, date caught, date received, date sent, date received, weight of the fish, weight of the fish, weight of the fish, weight of the fish, price per kg, price per kg, price per kg, price per kg, species of fish, presentation, and details of the shipment. When the buyer of fish in the community receives the high-quality fish, they simply label the fish and write some simple details about who, how, and where the fish came from on the label. However, the system has been simplified so that the amount of information to be written is very little. Instead of writing the fisherman's name each time, the fisherman will have a unique number. Similarly, for the fishing gear, a two-letter code can be given. To overcome inconsistencies in location names and provide some level of privacy to fishing sites, a grid code number can be assigned to the fishing location. It takes less than five seconds to label a fish and less than ten seconds to write the information. A waterproof marker means that the text does not fade. The labels for each buyer of fish in the community (Jurubira or Arusi) can be of different colors to facilitate identification once it is in FishMare. No need to write the entire date since the fish is sent within a few days or cannot be considered fresh high-quality fish. Therefore, only one day of the week is possible, and the database can convert the day to a date when FishMare enters the data. To achieve this simplification of data with the buyer of fish, the following are required: a list of fishermen with a unique identification number corresponding to each, and a local fishing area map with a grid system number.