Onboard telemedicine first

The Spanish tuna fleet has become the world’s first fishery to run an onboard telemedicine project for its crews. This initiative, which forms part of the social sustainability policy the fleet pursues under the banner of the Organisation of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC), is scheduled to take place over the next 20 months in cooperation with the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

Opagac tuna purse seine vessel activity

The Spanish tuna fleet has become the world’s first fishery to run an onboard telemedicine project for its crews. This initiative, which forms part of the social sustainability policy the fleet pursues under the banner of the Organisation of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC), is scheduled to take place over the next 20 months in cooperation with the Polytechnic University of Madrid.