The Federated States of Micronesia Government (FSM) has been supplied with equipment to strengthen its capabilities in electronic monitoring and fisheries surveillance. Mathew Chigiyal, Deputy Director of National Oceanic Resources…
All EU fishing vessels will be monitored and their catches reported electronically, to ensure full traceability, under a revamped EU fisheries control system. The new fisheries control regulation measures were…
Now in its third and final phase, the Marine Management Organisation is urging owners of fishing vessels in the 6-12 metre size bracket to take advantage of grant funding available…
The controversial introduction of cameras for the Danish nephrops demersal trawl fishery in the Kattegat has been found by a recent evaluation report to be effective for documenting catches and…
While legislation in the form of a Statutory Instrument is due to come into force making it a legal requirement for all under-12 metre vessels to have an I-VMS device…
The government of the Seychelles has chosen technology from Spanish company Satlink to digitally monitor the catches of its fishing fleet, with the aim of strengthening and ensuring the long-term…
Ghana has made a landmark commitment to roll out full transparency for industrial fisheries within its EEZ by 2025, pledging to deploy camera systems, remote sensors and Electronic Monitoring Systems…
While the pollock fishery in the Bering Sea is rationalised, with each vessel/permit holder is allocated a certain catch for the season, the Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery is open…
The Danish Pelagic Producers Organisation (DPPO) aims from next year to become the first in Europe to introduce fully documented fishing on all vessels. The DPPO plans to install CCTV…
The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) has gone to Spanish company Satlink to develop a trial project that will evaluate the potential of electronic monitoring (EM) systems…