EM4Fish
Monitoring the evolution of fisheries management
Advanced analytic techniques like machine learning will be vital to rapid and accurate review of increasingly high volumes of EM video data. Supported by the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation and in partnership with Archipelago Marine Research and the Alaska fixed-gear program, Hawaii-based AI.fish has successfully developed a cloud-based, API-driven, commercially available machine learning …
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A report by Eric Gilman, Fisheries Research Group, February 2023 From the introduction: This brief report benchmarks the status of the development of minimum standards for fisheries EM systems by intergovernmental organizations and arrangements. Minimum standards for fisheries EM systems are needed to define technical specifications for selecting, installing, operating and maintaining EM …
Ruth Christiansen of the United Catcher Boats Association joined us for a brief chat about design, development and implementation of an electronic monitoring program in the world's largest food fishery by volume. A much-more detailed article about this program can be found here: https://em4.fish/ruth-et-al/. …
From the abstract: Electronic monitoring (EM) using on-vessel cameras can effectively collect a broad range of data to support fisheries management. Key advantages of EM include its flexibility, scalability, verification capability, and the avoidance of health, safety and logistical challenges that human observer deployments can involve. EM can also offer cost efficiencies relative to other …
A brief conversation with Raimundo Espinoza, of Conservacion con Sciencia, a fisheries-focused non-profit in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Rai is working with a small fleet of tuna and swordfish fishermen on an electronic monitoring project - supported by the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation and Net Gains Alliance - that helps ensure sustainability of the fishery and assists fishermen with …
On October 11th, Jeremy Crawford, executive director of Seafood & Fisheries Emerging Technologies (SAFET), hosted a panel discussion at the Asia-Pacific Fishery Improvement Project Community of Practice (FIP CoP) workshop, held in an online webinar. The discussion, "Developing Electronic Monitoring Programs and Engaging Stakeholders," was part of the overall workshop theme, Electronic …
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