Alaska's Pot Cod Boats Pursue Electronic Monitoring (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] - November 3, 2016
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Pot cod boats are leading the push for electronic monitoring. More boats are needed. That’s up after this
Pot cod boats are in the pre-implementation stage of making electronic monitoring a reality. That’s due to a steadfast push for three years by the Homer-based North Pacific Fisheries Association and Saltwater, Incorporated, a leader in data collection since 1988. The EM systems can replace or augment onboard observer coverage.
Armed with funding by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the partnership has shown that pot cod is a fishery that fits the bill.
“And they said, hey, they are talking about EM and we believe pot cod is a fishery that is made for EM. And they reason they said that is because of the way fish come on board.”
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