Seafood and Fisheries Emerging Technology (SAFET)

SAFET’s Mission: 

To support the regional adoption of electronic monitoring (EM) systems through a community of practice and innovation.

Grant Project Goal(s):

To bridge the gaps between currently uncoordinated regional EM pilot programs through creating better alignment and collaboration across fishery stakeholders.

Background:

Data derived from EM can support the outcomes of market-based programs such as fishery improvement projects (FIPs) and the achievement of eco-labels (e.g., Marine Stewardship Council and Fair-Trade USA). Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs) and independent governments have already made commitments to EM.

However, uncoordinated pilots happening in siloed, small-scale projects, and the absence of consistent performance standards have hindered the scalability of EM and have increased program costs.

Immediate Objective(s):

To facilitate workshops with fishery managers, technology developers and fishery practitioners that accelerate the adoption of viable electronic monitoring (EM) systems, particularly with developing states, and do so through the development of an EM Community of Practice and Innovation.

Key Learnings:

In progress. 

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