Artisanal fleet electronic monitoring can help obtain information for fishery management. (Photo: Shellcatch/FIS)
Virtual observation implementation for biological-fishing monitoring of artisanal fleet assessed
CHILE
Monday, October 22, 2018, 21:30 (GMT + 9)
The Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (SUBPESCA) analyzes the possibility of incorporating electronic monitoring in the biological-fishery surveillance of the artisanal fleet.
To address this issue, the Biodiversity and Aquatics Heritage unit of SUBPESCA Fisheries Division developed a workshop in Valparaíso, together with researchers from the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) and representatives of the company Shellcatch.
The objective was to learn about their projects and products and to explore, in a pilot phase, the incorporation of virtual observation in biological-fishery monitoring only for scientific purposes in the local artisanal fishing fleet where there is a deficiency of information and the embarkation of human observers.
From SUBPESCA Unit of Biodiversity and Aquatic Heritage, they explained that there are currently logistic restrictions to monitor the fishing activity of the artisanal fleets. This has to do mainly considering the size of the boats that makes it difficult for a scientific observer to embark and limits the gathering of transcendental scientific information on management.
"This condition is repeated in various fisheries in the world and this is how modern tools have been developed to correct such deficiencies and whose use has become increasingly extensive. We refer to electronic monitoring by cameras or virtual observation (EMS)", it was pointed out from the unit.
"These systems are complementary to human observation and for some aspects (such as bycatch of marine mammals, birds and sea turtles) are of great value," they added.
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