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 expansion of operational programs is now well underway. In New England, two EM programs have been federally approved as an alternative to human at-sea monitors (ASM) and are fully operational. New pilots have also have begun exploring how automation can make them more efficient. Globally, as EM expands, significant public and private resources are being dedicated to exploring how automation can reduce the cost of fishery monitoring. The promise of automation and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) has led many to see it as the holy grail of fisheries monitoring, offering low cost, easy to implement solutions that can quickly provide information for science and management. However, the current EM market reflects a different reality where few EM programs are currently experiencing the benefits of automation. This document is intended to provide insight and
lessons learned regarding EM automation to help catalyze its broader use.
