Danish pelagic operators install cameras
Under an initiative by the Danish Pelagic Producers Organisation (DPPO), cameras are being fitted to Danish pelagic vessels to document and share data, with the intention of improving transparency in…
Heavy fine for disabling reporting device
A New Zealand fisherman who deliberately disabled the Geospatial Position Reporting (GPR) device from his fishing vessel has been landed with a heavy fine by the Nelson District Court in…
AI makes a difference to fisheries management
Dutch researchers and fishermen have developed an AI-based tool for the Fully Documented Fisheries (FDF) project, supported by EU funding. Researchers at Wageningen University and Research (WUR) in the Netherlands…
Solomon Islands opt for Satlink monitoring technology
The government of the Solomon Islands has commissioned Spanish technology company Satlink to provide technical support for electronic monitoring systems and to update their fisheries management center, for which the…
Testing drone technology for fisheries monitoring
The Danish authorities have been trialling a high-tech drone over waters off the north of Jutland for the last few months to assess its capabilities for monitoring fisheries. The testing…
Norway rolls out global monitoring to combat illegal fishing
More than a third of the world's coastal states will now have access to satellite data and expertise provided by Norway as a tool to uncover fisheries crime. ‘This is…
New Zealand leads South Pacific fisheries patrol
Fisheries compliance officers from New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, France, and the United States detected nearly 40 alleged breaches of high seas rules during a major South Pacific patrol. The Operation…
Operation Island Chief guards Pacific waters
Marking a significant achievement, Operation Island Chief, a comprehensive surveillance initiative led by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), successfully concluded its mission last week. This operation, covering an…
Scotland announces new fisheries measures
Proposals to introduce electronic tracking and monitoring technology for small fishing vessels will be consulted on as part of package of new fisheries measures announced by the Scottish government. The…
Norway shares vessel tracking data
Norway has taken a lead in fisheries transparency as the first European nation to make public fishing vessel tracking data on the Gloabal Fishing Watch online resource. Since 2019, Norwegian…