EM4Fish
Monitoring the evolution of fisheries management
2019 Digital Public Report #1- Fisherman First Data Ecosystem This report from the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance and Digital Public presents opportunities and possible models for the New England groundfish community to own, control, manage, and use fisheries data, with a particular focus on governing electronic monitoring data. It is the product of two workshops organized by The Cape …
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At the June 2019 Electronic Monitoring Video Data Management Workshop in Seattle, WA, workshop participants identified terms that come up in EM policy discussions that are not always defined in the same way. As a follow-up action, the workshop steering committee compiled this glossary as a resource for consistent EM terminology. This glossary includes terms commonly used when discussing electronic …
Matthew J. Carnes, Jennifer P. Stahl, and Keith A. Bigelow
NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-PIFSC-90
Diagram of recommended electronic monitoring (EM) camera configurations for Hawaiʻi longline vessels. Figure courtesy of Carnes et al. (2019). The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) is currently evaluating how to effectively use electronic monitoring (EM) systems in Hawaiʻi-based pelagic longline fisheries as a data collection tool. These fisheries are comprised of two sectors, a …
This document is a formal review of the Individual Bluefin Quota (IBQ) Program, which is the catch share program for bluefin tuna in the pelagic longline fishery in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.The intent of the Three-Year Review of the IBQ Program is to evaluate the IBQ Program’s effectiveness in meeting its goals and objectives. Quick notes: Atlantic bluefin tuna (bluefin) are …
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On June 26-27, 2019, the Electronic Monitoring Video Data Management Workshop was held in SeaTac, Washington. The workshop was supported by the Net Gains Alliance, The Nature Conservancy and the databranch. We are posting both a Background Document and the workshop's Meeting Summary, prepared by Kate Wing & Emilie Franke, with legal analysis by Joe Sullivan. Below is the Introduction to the …
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Using tablet based technologies to collect data in commercial and recreational fisheries. A report for Nuffield Australia by Tom Robinson. (Executive Summary) In a world where the general population relies so heavily on smartphones and tablets to perform day to day tasks such as banking or checking the weather, the commercial fishing industry has been stubbornly slow to adopt electronic …
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