FishNETDigital Mapping Technology to Fight Coastal Threats

Shah SelbeWith support from Stanford University

and the Center for Ocean Solutions

The FishNET Solution

• An integrated, web-based

information platform

incorporating:

– Real-time user input

– Inexpensive detection

solutions

– Input from existing systems

• Aimed at stopping destructive

and/or illegal activities in our oceans

• Allows for global tracking and monitoring analytics for targeted

enforcement solutions by coastal protection organizations

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A map-based, integrated data collection and management tool to

track, monitor, and analyze coastal threats

Location-specific threats have

far-reaching implications on:

• Environment

• Economy

• Marine Spatial Planning

• Human Rights

• Food Security

• Treaties and

International

Regulations

Intelligent Solutions to Location-Based

Coastal Threats are needed

Pollution &

dumping

Illegal Fishing

& Overfishing

Ecosystem

Destruction

Resource

Misuse

Trespassing &

Trafficking

Effective monitoring, control, and surveillance is the key to

eliminating these threats from harming our coasts

Intelligent Solutions to Location-Based

Coastal Threats are needed

Coastal Patrols

Untargeted and

Ineffective

Military Surveillance

Costly and lacking

coverage area

Reporting Means

Nonexistent or

bureaucratic

Poor Data Systems

Stovepipedand guarded

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Governing organizations at the local-, national-,

regional- and international-levels have a clear

incentive to collaborate

Old Methods: New Approach:

FishNET Benefits

✚ Low cost and high scalability

✚ High network effects and data integrity capabilities

✚ Promotion of improved data standards for tracking ocean threats

✚ Multiple avenues of data input and reporting

✚ Prosecution tool to stop repeat offenders

✚ Utilizes existing technologies and can incorporate data feeds from developing technologies

Current Capabilities:

User and Community Input

Call-in hotline

Mobile phone SMS

integration

Smartphone app

FishNET website

APIs

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Record:

Infraction info

Location

Time/Date

Vessel info

Including:

Pictures

Video

GPS info

Other

metadata

Crowd-sourcing of reporting expands capacity beyond coastal

enforcement organizations

Input Methods:Data Collected:System:

Current Capabilities:

Data Coordination and Integration

RFMO dataVessel Registry

VMS dataPosition Reports

LicensesNational databases

Current SystemsExisting databases

Port Inspection

Observer Reports

Catch Logs

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MCS datacloud

• Comprehensive record based

on infraction type or vessel

– Incorporate existing legacy

systems

– Allow for input from new

systems

• Real-time visualization and

analytics for:

– Targeted patrolling

– Enforcement

– Prosecution of offenders

• Working with relevant partner

organizations to ensure

scalability, usability, and focus

Data Types:

Current Capabilities

Website built with open source

software

Incorporated public illegal

fishing blacklist records

Pilot implementations

identified with contacts

Next Steps:

• Integration of other data sources

• Verification and reputability

technologies

• Additional monitoring technologies

incorporated

• Addition of information from current

legacy systems

• Implementation plan and a directed

marketing strategy

FishNET baseline:

Risk Analysis

Risks are minimal and manageable

Development Roadmap

5-Year Technology Roadmap

FishNET Team

Shah Selbe – Focus: Founder and leader

– Career Background: Boeing Spacecraft Propulsion Engineer, Systems Architect; Engineers Without Borders Los Angeles, President

– Over 2½ years dedicated to studying tech solutions to ocean threats

– Educational background: Masters in Systems Architecture and Engineering, USC; Masters in Management Science and Engineering (in progress), Stanford University; Chemical Engineering, UC Riverside

Omeed Selbe– Focus: Operations and technology development

– Career background: International development and public sector contracting experience

– Educational background: MBA, Harvard Business School; Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley

Key Advisors:– Prof.Tom Kosnik, Stanford University Professor of entrepreneurship and

management science

– Center for Ocean Solutions, Research Partnership between Stanford University, Monterey Bay Aquarium, and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to develop sustainable solutions to address ocean issues

Support and Backing

• FishNET born from Stanford Engineering graduate studies with ongoing support from advisor Prof. Tom Kosnik

• Support from notable ocean-conservation orgs

– Center for Ocean Solutions

– Environmental Defense Fund

– Pew Environment Group

• Sustainability competition honors:

– Buckminster Fuller Challenge, Semifinalist

– Katerva Award, nomination in Protected Areas

– Savannah Ocean Exchange, Finalist

• Ushahidi open-source mapping tool

utilized for initial development

Strong support networks provide regular feedback and advice to

ensure a realistic and high-impact solution

Shaping the Future of our Coasts

Information

Crowdsourcing

Collaboration

System Builders

Environmental

• Key to sustainable management

• Major enabler of illegal activities when absent

• Communication technologies are changing the world

• Give a voice to

• Leverage data management with current technology capabilities

• Strong network effects

• Reimagine legacy systems

• Assembling heterogeneous elements in new ways

• Document the tragedy of the commons in our oceans

• Advocacy and protection

The Time is Now

• Ocean ecosystems in a fragile state and must be protected now

• Increased monitoring capacity will give us

– Better control over the sustainability of our fisheries

– Smarter decisions about fishing quotas

– Quantifiable assessment of our ocean’s state of health

• Improved access to technology allows for greater data gathering and tracking

• Network effects can reduce data collection cost and increase data quality to all participating organizations

• Increased traceability and stakeholder engagement helps communicate the issue and foster environmental stewardship

Maintaining environmental sustainability, improving economic livelihoods,

promoting food security, and filling in critical information gaps

Thank You