The Maldives Seafood Processors and Exporters Association (MSPEA) is an NGO registered in the Maldives working to promote fish and fisheries products of the Maldives throughout the world. In doing so the MSPEA collaborates and coordinates with the Maldives Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture and other government institutions to coordinate government policies with exporters, processors and fishers.
MSPEA has a membership model where nearly all processors and/or exporters are members of MSPEA. The MSPEA is governed by an elected committee, nominated and endorsed by the members, for a two year term. MSPEA currently shares its office with IPNLF-Maldives.
MSPEA’s ambition is to make “Maldives Tuna” a household name by promoting the Maldives one-by-one Tuna fisheries and its low ecological impact with its cultural and social context throughout the developed world for customer recognition and premium price.
MISSION
Appreciate and realize the Maldives’ historical and cultural context of its low impact traditional tuna fisheries and promote its unique value offering as an alternative and responsibly caught seafood in the developed world.
VISION
A world where low impact small scale fisheries are fully recognized and valued equitably.