The Pew Charitable Trusts hosted a Global Artificial Intelligence in Fisheries Monitoring Summit in Atlanta, Georgia from January 17-18, 2023. It brought together 40 experts from across the globe (Asia, Africa, North America, Europe, Australia, and the Pacific Islands) to discuss how artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) can help secure greater transparency and accountability …
REPORTS & PROCEEDINGS
Working Group on Technology Integration for Fishery-Dependent Data (WGTIFD; Outputs from 2022 Meeting)
From the Executive Summary: WGTIFD developed guidance on how to integrate fishery monitoring goals into data collection, best practices for developing and managing vessel monitoring plans (VMPs), and recommendation for implementing various ETs in pelagic (trawl) fisheries. WGTIFD also developed a number of important products under ToRs D and E. WGTIFD drafted an initial electronic monitoring data …
Report: Benchmarking Intergovernmental Organizations’ Development of Minimum Standards for Fisheries Electronic Monitoring Systems
A report by Eric Gilman, Fisheries Research Group, February 2023 From the introduction: This brief report benchmarks the status of the development of minimum standards for fisheries EM systems by intergovernmental organizations and arrangements. Minimum standards for fisheries EM systems are needed to define technical specifications for selecting, installing, operating and maintaining EM …
Report: How much is enough? Review optimization methods to deliver best value from electronic monitoring of commercial fisheries.
Johanna P. Pierre, Alistair Dunn, Abby Snedeker, Morgan Wealti
From the abstract: Electronic monitoring (EM) using on-vessel cameras can effectively collect a broad range of data to support fisheries management. Key advantages of EM include its flexibility, scalability, verification capability, and the avoidance of health, safety and logistical challenges that human observer deployments can involve. EM can also offer cost efficiencies relative to other …
Economic Report: Maximized Retention Electronic Monitoring in the Northeast Multispecies Groundfish Fishery
A report by Kanae Tokunaga, Vivianne Mazzocco and Elizabeth Moore, of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, published April 2022. This report focuses on the successes, failures, and key hurdles of the proposed program and detail the ability of the Maximized Retention Electronic Monitoring (MREM) program to meet proposed data collection and accountability objectives. The economic report …
Report: ICES Working Group on Technology Integration for Fishery-Dependent Data (outputs from 2021 meeting)
The Working Group on Technology Integration for Fishery-Dependent Data (WGTIFD) examines electronic technologies and applications developed to support fisheries-dependent data collection, both on shore and at sea, including electronic reporting (ER), electronic monitoring (EM), positional data systems, and observer data collection. This report provides a summary over the 3-year period of the …