Camera monitoring for Kattegat trawlers
Denmark’s Minister of Fisheries Rasmus Prehn has ruled that trawlers fishing in the Kattegat will be required to participate in camera monitoring as part of strategies to strengthen the cod…
Big Brother on board
Despite the positive position adopted by the European Parliament on new rules intended to revise the Union Fisheries Control System, the mandatory installation of cameras on board fishing vessels is…
Cameras do not generate cod in the Kattegat, according to the Danish Fishermen’s Association. Image: DFPO
Cameras don’t generate cod
The Danish Fishermen’s Association Has been deeply critical of the government's proposal to introduce camera surveillance for the bottom trawl fishery in the Kattegat. As part of this year's quota…
Jim Ford runs 50-foot trawler Lisa Ann III from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Image: NOAA
Electronic Monitoring Can Provide Better Data
Massachusetts commercial groundfish fisherman Jim Ford believes electronic monitoring could provide better and more complete data, according to NOAA Greater Atlantic Region port agent Bill Duffy. Jim Ford has been…
NOAA Fisheries estimates that switching to electronic monitoring would save fishermen anywhere from about $100 to more than $300 per day
Camera tracking option for US West Coast groundfish fleet
The option of installing cameras on some US west coast groundfish vessels will become available from the beginning of 2021, replacing on-board observers. Two types West Coast groundfish vessels are…