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 …
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New and Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Fisheries: A Comprehensive Landscape Analysis
The oceans are at an inflection point. The excesses of the 20th century — over-exploitation of most of our accessible biological resources, over-pollution by plastics and other chemicals, over-crowding of coastal and marine space by unorganized and competing interests and over-capitalization of extractive industries — are being tempered by a rapidly growing realization that these excesses are …
Recommendations for Electronic Monitoring Program Design and Requests for Proposal: Guidance from Electronic Monitoring Service Providers
FROM THE REPORT: In February 2020, at the National Electronic Monitoring Workshop in Seattle, several electronic monitoring (EM) service providers initiated a conversation about interoperability and other opportunities for pre-competitive collaboration. This conversation led to the creation of this project which has brought together many of the world’s EM service providers. CEA Consulting …
Outputs from 2020 meeting of the Working Group on Technology Integration for Fishery-Dependent Data
ICES Scientific Reports. 3: 03. 54 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.7684 Editors: Brett Alger • Lisa Borges Authors: Amos Barkai • Ana Rita Fraga • Brad McHale • Brant McAfee • Brett Alger • Brian Cowan • Carole Nedig Christopher McGuire • Christopher Zimmermann • Daniel Linden • Daniel Roberts • Edwin van Helmond • Farron Wallace • Helen Holah • Howard McElderry • Jason Bryan • Jørgen …
Improving Net Gains: Past, Present and Future
From the Introduction: Modern fishery information systems are critical to achieving the full potential of the United States’ fisheries. Four years have passed since the Fishing Data Innovation Taskforce, a diverse coalition of fishery stakeholders, issued recommendations to elevate and address the most pressing data modernization needs. The resulting 2017 Improving Net Gains report spurred the …
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What’s in the Net?: Using camera technology to monitor, and support mitigation of, wildlife bycatch in fisheries
Course, G.P., Pierre, J., and Howell, B.K., 2020. What’s in the Net? Using camera technology to monitor, and support mitigation of, wildlife bycatch in fisheries. Published by WWF. From the executive summary: Sustainable fisheries management is vital for the livelihoods and wellbeing of people all over the world, and for the health and survival of marine ecosystems and species. Remote …
