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SAFET Session Three: Technology for Small-Scale Fisheries

This SAFET session, third in the series, was held online on December 17th, 2020. Small-scale fisheries provide a livelihood for millions of people, and hundreds of millions depend on wild-caught seafood from such fisheries for their primary nutritional needs. It's more important than ever to support and empower fishers, communities, and governments to enable improved data collection methods. As …

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SAFET 2020/21 Session Two: What Has Your Data Done for You Lately? Getting the Most from Integrated Fisheries Technologies in a Changing World

This session was held online on November 12, 2020. Data is driving innovation in the fisheries space. This SAFET session, second in the series, illuminated best practices and lessons learned from leading technology experts and practitioners on how to derive more value from ocean data. Speakers included Sara Maxwell, Ph.D.; Transform Aqorau, Ph.D.; Elliot Hazen, Ph.D.; George Maynard, Ph.D.; …

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Fishing Gear as a Data Collection Platform: Opportunities to Fill Spatial and Temporal Gaps in Operational Sub-Surface Observation Networks

Cooper Van Vranken, Berthe M.J. Vastenhoud, James P. Manning, Kristian S. Plet-Hansen, Julie Jakoboski, Patrick Gorringe, Michela Martinelli While the observation of the open ocean is well achieved by automated ocean measurement instruments, coastal and shelf seas suffer the lack of sub-surface collection platforms. Commercial fishing gear such as bottom trawls, pots, traps and long lines can …

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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 …

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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 …

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