Although, in most cases, electronic logbooks are used solely as a mandatory reporting system for the fishing authorities, it is also possible to use the e-Logbook as a base for additional collection of information for the benefit of fishing companies.
To minimise effort and improve efficiency, Trackwell has launched the Product Manager, a system that keeps track of all production registration onboard and links the product data to fishing grounds and catch activity data collected by the e-Logbook. This eliminates multiple entries of data and enables tracing of fish products all the way to the location and time where and when the fish was caught. The system also maintains information on production value, packaging usage, utilisation factors and quality inspections.
HB Grandi, one of the largest fishing companies in Iceland, is using the Product Manager system to collect data from vessels and automatically transfer the information to the company’s ERP system, which is based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV. This reduces errors and saves labour costs by minimising double entries of data. It also allows company managers to allocate the product on inventory before it has been landed.
Product Manager has also been installed onboard five factory vessels owned by the Canadian company Ocean Choice International. The registrations from the vessels are collected in a database on a central server, enabling company managers to monitor the latest information on the catch and production, along with the tracking and positioning of vessels.
Fisheries are increasingly facing demand from buyers for more traceability of the product and for certification of sustainable fishing and quality in processing. In order to fulfil that, it is necessary for the fisheries to collect and keep track of various data and store it in a database.
Trackwell Product Manager is designed to collect the catch and production data and to organise in a database for easy generation of various reports and statistics.
