In case you missed it, here's the recording of our webinar which took place on August 1, 2019 2 PM EST. A big thanks to Brett, Farron, and Mark for their time and participation! We couldn't get to all the audience questions during the Q&A section, so here are several of those, answered after-the-fact by our presenters: Supplementary Q&A. Timestamps, for your reference: Brett Alger, …
Designing Machine Learning into EM Programs: Recent advances and insights from two regions
Please register today and join us for this August 1st webinar. Commercial fisheries are moving to implement electronic monitoring (EM) for fishery-dependent data collection. Among the substantive barriers for broad-scale implementation, however, are the high costs of video review, transmission, and storage. Currently, EM programs rely on labor-intensive (thus costly) processes, and there is a …
Projected Cost of Providing Electronic Monitoring to 100 Vessels in the New England Groundfish Fishery
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has issued a report to the New England Fisheries Management Council that estimates the expected costs for installing and operating EM systems on one hundred groundfish vessels for three years. Using data from the fishing year 2017 groundfish EM program, TNC contracted with CapLog Group LLC to develop the report's detailed projections, meant to inform the Council, …
More data for the money: Improvements in design and cost efficiency of electronic monitoring in the Danish cod catch quota management trial
Highlights Electronic Monitoring (EM) with video can measure discards with high precision. Technical developments have increased EM reliability Video audit time has been reduced via improved procedures and technical solutions. EM is a cost-effective tool to ensure compliance with discard regulations. Abstract: Electronic Monitoring (EM) with video is a tool often mentioned to …
Design Considerations to Optimize Monitoring for Canada’s Pacific Region Fisheries
McElderry, H and Meintzer, P. 2019. Unpublished report prepared for Fisheries and Oceans Canada by Archipelago Marine Fisheries Ltd., Victoria, BC. Canada. 40p. Download paper Executive Summary This paper is intended for the broad community of stakeholders who are involved in the design, implementation, operation, and evaluation of fishery monitoring programs. Although we focus on Canada’s …
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