EM4Fish
Monitoring the evolution of fisheries management
A paper from New England Marine Monitoring, ProductOps, and OnDeck Fisheries AI From the Introduction: In 2020, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) and CVision AI published “Electronic Monitoring: Best Practices for Automation.” Since then, use of Electronic Monitoring (EM) in fisheries management has continued to grow around the world. In addition to pilot studies, a global …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
