EM4Fish
Monitoring the evolution of fisheries management
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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Executive Summary The Working Group on Technology Integration for Fishery-Dependent Data (WGTIFD) met in Copenhagen, Denmark, 7-9 May 2019 for its first meeting in its three-year multi-annual cycle. WGTIFD has diverse membership including technology service providers, academic and governmental marine institutions, and non-profit environmental organizations, across a wide range of EU, US, and …
In August 2018, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), with its partners, launched a Maximized Retention Electronic Monitoring (MREM) program, in which a dockside monitoring (DSM) component run by the NEFSC works in tandem with an electronic monitoring (EM) component to provide a complete monitoring program of kept and discarded fish on vessels operating in the Northeast Multispecies …
Abstract: As human populations have more than doubled since 1960, pressure on wild fish stocks has increased dramatically. This Article argues that the establishment of an electronic reporting and monitoring regime in U.S. fisheries is both necessary to ensure compliance with statutory imperatives to manage them according to best available science, and essential for continued long-term viability …
