Smart Fishing Vessels

The aim of the workshop is to build on the WOC ‘Smart Ocean/Smart Industries’ global program to facilitate, coordinate and scale-up data collection and sharing by ocean industries.

The Smart Fishing Vessels workshop will identify the data collection programs, methods and technologies available for fishing companies to use in collecting and sharing data by:

• Presenting ocean industry data-gathering experience that’s relevant to fisheries
• Identifying constraints and opportunities for expanding the use of fishing vessels in data collection
• Exploring what the fishing industry can learn from other ocean industries regarding collecting and sharing data
• Highlighting the technology and instrumentation available for use on fishing vessels
• Identifying the scientific priorities for fishing industry data collection, e.g. data types, locations

Representatives from the fishing industry, marine technology/instrumentation, IT/communications, national and international oceanographic/meteorological organisations, existing voluntary observation programs, and scientific/research organisations are invited to consider participating, proposing a presentation and providing information for the workshop.

The half-day workshop will run from 09:00-12:00 on 29 September 2013 in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, as one of the pre-conference events of the World Seafood Congress.

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