US authorises Satlink EM system
Spanish technology company Satlink has been authorised by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to supply its electronic monitoring (EM) system to the US fishing fleet. The federal agency…
iVMS for English under-12s
Maritime Systems have released their I-VMS for English fishing boats below 12 metres. From 2022, the MMO requires all English registered fishing vessels under 12 metres to fitted with an…
Tony Borges in Sao Paulo’s wheelhouse. Image: NOAA
Electronic reporting to provide real time data and ecosystem understanding
New Bedford fisherman Tony Borges gets useful real-time information from monitoring. For 200 days of each of the past 44 years, Tony Borges has been setting out from New Bedford,…
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…