The trade already meets world-leading standards, but the supply chain lacks a common digital thread.
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Records are fragmented across breeders, holding facilities and exporters.
Without proof of legality, sustainability and traceability, exporters face uncertainty at the border.
The sustainable practice the industry already follows can't be readily shown to markets.
Select your role to see how AWTS delivers value where you sit, from breeder and holding facility through to exporter.
Wild coral harvest is not yet subject to mandatory tagging under the Australian Wildlife Traceability System (AWTS), but wild-harvest fishers can choose to use the full platform. Recording their harvest gives wild coral a digital origin from the point of collection, so it can be clearly distinguished from captive-bred stock and carried through to export.
Wild-harvest tagging is not currently required. Fishers who choose to take part use the same traceability tools as the wider fishery.
Recording wild harvest supports the program's objective of distinguishing wild, fragmented and captive-bred coral.
The tracking hardware was validated in government feasibility trials, which found no statistically discernible effect on coral health.
Create a secure digital record for each wild-harvested specimen, capturing species and source so origin is recorded at the point of collection.
Link every specimen to a geolocated origin and holding location, so where a wild coral came from travels with it through the chain.
Produce the specimen-level export records that support CITES Appendix II documentation for wild-harvested coral, drawn directly from the verified digital trail.
Coral fishers running captive-breeding facilities must be able to prove a specimen is genuinely captive bred, and carry that proof through to export. AWTS records propagation as it happens and links each specimen to the evidence and export documentation needed for CITES Appendix II trade.
Generate verifiable evidence that coral is captive bred, supporting CITES traceability.
Support CITES Appendix II export with records generated from verified data, reducing manual effort.
Government trials found tagging added no measurable increase in facility processing time.
Capture fragging, spawning and grow-out against the parent record, so captive-bred and fragmented status is documented as it happens.
Produce the specimen-level export records that support CITES Appendix II documentation, drawn directly from the verified digital trail.
Share export orders and their supporting evidence directly with buyers, carrying verified provenance from the breeder through to the importer.
Buyers and importing Parties increasingly need to know coral is legally and sustainably sourced, and to tell captive-bred coral from wild. AWTS lets buyers verify provenance by scanning a specimen's tamper-proof digital ID to check origin, confirm status and view its journey.
Meet your compliance and sustainability commitments with verifiable evidence of each specimen's legal origin.
Bolster customer trust in coral from a fishery that can demonstrate its stewardship end to end.
Support importing Parties' end-of-country verification when corals arrive under an export permit.
Scan a specimen's unique digital ID to view its coral passport, origin, propagation history and chain of custody from source to sale.
Distinguish wild coral from captive-bred coral at receipt, using verified 'C' code records rather than a supplier's word.
Rely on records that are secure and not susceptible to tampering, so the provenance you see can be validated and trusted.
International trade in CITES-listed coral must be legal, sustainable and traceable. Delivered in partnership with DCCEEW and funded through the Reef Trust, AWTS gives the management authority the digital thread to distinguish wild, fragmented and captive-bred coral and see the verified evidence behind each coral export.
Support the legality, sustainability and traceability conditions CITES requires for coral trade, with an end-to-end verifiable record.
Tell wild, fragmented and captive-bred coral apart across the fishery using consistent digital records.
Underpin CITES coral reporting and live transaction tracking as the solution moves to national rollout.
Use verified records across the coral fishery to tell wild, fragmented and captive-bred coral apart, a core objective of the program.
Review specimen export records and the evidence behind them, supporting the legality, sustainability and traceability conditions CITES requires.
Receive coral traceability and compliance data shared through permissioned access, supporting live transaction tracking and CITES reporting from go-live.
For CITES-listed species, legal, sustainable and traceable provenance is the condition of trade, not a nice-to-have. Australia's CITES and EPBC obligations demand evidence from breeding through to export. AWTS makes that provenance provable, turning compliance record keeping into a demonstration of stewardship.
DCCEEW starts a trial with the aquarium industry and scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
The Coral Traceability Solution moves into its Pilot and Validate phase, testing every component with industry and regulators in live operations.
The CTS team's April drop-in session covers a DCCEEW CITES permitting update and walks through the key CTS platform and mobile app flows for industry.
AWTS is a co-designed solution, built with the people who power the industry. We invite fishers, breeders, exporters and stakeholders to join the Project Engagement Group, provide direct input, test the solution and help it deliver real value for your business. Request trial access to see how verifiable traceability secures market access for sustainable aquatic wildlife.
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