Electronic monitoring can be a tool for continual improvement, compliance verification and more in Taiwan

The lack of insight into activities on industrial fishing vessels, particularly those operating in distant waters, poses significant challenges in global fisheries management. Indeed, one of the biggest obstacles to sustainably managing global fisheries is the lack of on-the-water data. The Nature Conservancy estimates that one in every five fish caught comes from illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, while the vast majority of industrial fishing activities are often left unchecked for compliance with fishery regulations if there are no monitoring systems on board vessels. This results in an uneven playing field for the many law-abiding fisheries around the globe.