In 2013 Maine fishermen, NGOs and an EM provider began a three-year EM pilot in the New England groundfish fishery. The premise will sound familiar to others exploring EM: Accurate discard accounting is important for science and management, but is already costly, and is unlikely to get cheaper using only human observers—there must be a better way. The questions: Could accurate discard …
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Electronic Monitoring in Fisheries Management – WWF Report 2015
WWF commissioned this report as a contribution to the ongoing discussions surrounding the introduction of new CFP regulations including the Landing Obligation and in the interests of addressing some of the potential misconceptions around the use of Remote Electronic Monitoring systems using cameras. Report in PDF …
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Discarding of cod in the Fully Documented Fisheries trials
Ulrich, Olesen, Bergsson, Egekvist, Hakansson, Dalskov, Kindt-Larsen, Storr-Paulsen; ICES Journal of Marine Science, 72: 1848–1860 Abstract Denmark was the first nation in Europe to promote the use of Fully Documented Fisheries (FDF) through Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) and CCTV camera systems, with pilot schemes in place since 2008. In theory, such a scheme could supplement and even …
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2014 Solomon Islands Tuna Longline E-Monitoring Project
Report on 2014 Solomon Islands Longline E-Monitoring Project This report by Hosken, et al., summarises the results of a Video Electronic Monitoring project conducted on tuna longline fishing vessels operating in Solomon Islands waters during 2014. The main objective of the project was to investigate the extent which Video Electronic Monitoring system (E-Monitoring) can record the …
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New England Electronic Monitoring Project Phase 3, April 2015
New England Electronic Monitoring Project Phase III, April 2015 (PDF) The goal of the New England Electronic Monitoring (EM) Project was to investigate the potential for using EM within the broader Northeast Multispecies Fishery (NE groundfish fishery) catch monitoring program. EM systems are designed for the automated collection of fisheries data while vessels are at sea. They collect …
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For-Hire Electronic Logbook Pilot Study, 2013
A pilot study in the Gulf of Mexico testing the efficacy of electronic logbook reporting and self reporting among for-hire fisheries. Marine Recreational Information Program Operations Team, March 2013. …
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