Sweden sets up electronic monitoring evaluation
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…
NZ companies work together on the future of monitoring tech
Starboard Maritime Intelligence and Snap Group are preparing for a global roadshow of their vessel monitoring technology. These New Zealand-owned companies are bringing together their hardware, communication and software offerings that enable effective…
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…