Low-Cost Fisheries MCS Tools

4th Global Fisheries Enforcement Training

Workshop (GFETW)

17 - 21 February 2014

San Jose, Costa Rica

Kim I. Mallalieu & Kevon Andrews Caribbean ICT Research Programme

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

The University of the West Indies

St. Augustine

Trinidad and Tobago

AGENDA

• Core Functions

• Functional Requirements

• Information Flows: Traditional vs Contemporary

• Requirements: Info, Comms, System

• Key Hardware Solutions

• Low Cost Solutions: Field & Software

• Example Case: Trinidad and Tobago; Caribbean

• Missing Link

• mFisheries MCS

• Sample Costs

• Low-Cost Fisheries MCS Tools: Intrinsic Features

Core Functions

•Data Collection

•Measurement

•Analysis Monitoring

•Rule Setting

•Management

•Decision support Control

•Observation

•Supervision

•Compliance? Surveillance

Functional Requirements

• Sensing

• Data entry

• Information services

• Communication services

Hardware Field / Office

• Information & Data (I&D) entry

• I & D aggregation & storage

• I & D processing & analytics

• Access and visualization

Software Server / User device

• Systems for

• …Enforcement

• …Incentives

• …Engagement

Human

Information Flows: Traditional

Data

Repository

Fishing vessels Seafarers: fishers,

monitors, enforcers Land-based data

collectors

Policy makers,

managers,

analysts etc.

Fishing vessels

Information Flows: Contemporary

Seafarers: fishers,

monitors, enforcers Intermediaries Land-based data

collectors

Policy makers,

managers,

analysts etc.

Data

Repository

Info & Communications Requirements

Real Time

• monitoring fish catch, fish composition, etc. Non Real

Time

• Vessel id & location • Activity & location • Analysis re infringement • Engagement

• Collection, aggregation, analysis and visualization of: • Fish catch, Fish composition, etc. • Vessel id & location

• Information re: • Regulations, MPAs etc

• Engagement

System Requirements

http://www.shinemicro.com/RadarPlusAISBX.asp

Satellite V/UHF RADIO Cellular

Devic

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Com

ms

Port

al

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2011/07/Sate

llites_for_maritime_surveillance

http://www.psicompany.com/jrc-jue-95vm-mini-c-vms/

Key Hardware Solutions

Equipment Technology

Example Equipment Cost (US$)

Data/Voice Transmission

Cost

Comms Coverage

Auto Tracking &

Transmission

Manual Data Entry

General communications

Hybrid VMS 3300 High on Sat; Low on cell Global

General Internet data & cell net

VMS 2500 – 3200 High on Satellite Global

General Internet data; no voice

AIS - Class A 3000 – 5000 None (vhf) 30 miles Ext i/f Messages, no voice, cell net or Internet

AIS - Class B 950 – 2800 None (vhf) 10 miles Ext i/f Messages, no voice, cell net or Internet

S-AIS 1600 High on Sat; None on vhf Global

Ext data i/f but no voice or

Internet

Rugged Smart Phone 200 – 800

Low on cellular 10 miles

General Internet data & cell net; app rich

VHF Radio 90 – 250 None 25 miles Voice but very

limited data

Field Solution for Artisanal Fisheries

Feature Ideal Practical Now (smart phone)

Mobile, low profile, rugged, wireless power

Low cost

Automatic tracking

Automatic transmission to data portal

Manual data collection

General purpose info & communications

Accessible incentives

Powered for trip duration Powered for 24 hours

Can always communicate in real time

1. Stores locally in interim 2. Extrapolates position

Low Cost S/W Sol’ns: MPA Guardian

• Interactive map for information

• Smartphone GPS reports time and location

• Reporting of violation details, pictures or video

http://www.mpaguardian.org/

Low Cost S/W Sol’ns: FishNET Open framework, Web-based crowd-sourced data repository of violation info: vessel IDs and media (geotagged pics, video, etc)

http://www.slideshare.net/oceanexchange/199-fishnet-final

Example Case: Trinidad & Tobago

• 1,980 mi2 (5,128 km²)

• 1.3 million population

• 2200 fishing vessels

• Majority artisanal

• Vessels 7 – 10 m

• Fishing communities are generally poor

• Generational livelihood

• Strong tradition of: o Ownership of the seas o Inconsistent, largely

ineffective enforcement

Source: http://cordis.europa.eu/inco/fp5/icons/mcconn20.gif

Caribbean Fisheries Co-Management

“A participatory type approach, where fisher folk can be empowered to share management responsibility and authority required to address IUU and other fisheries management issues, is necessary.

This would ensure collaborative co- management where fisher folk can be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.”

- Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism

Missing

Link:

Small scale

fisheries

Value

Proposition

mFisheries MCS

• Artisanal Fisher: • Tracking • Interactive MPA map • Data logger • IUU reporting • Training • Participatory governance • Incentives: equipment, service, safety

• MCS Field Agent: • Data Collection (qualitative & quantitative)

• MCS Analyst: • IUU analytics & visualization

Sample Costs

• Data: 20,000 bytes / month

• Ref satellite service: $34.99 / month

• Comparable smart phone data: $12.41

• Equivalent voice credit = 113 mins/month

MCScellular= MCSsatellite

+113 mins voice/ month or

53,456,290 bytes/month;

general purpose, rich

apps & comms

- Global reach

* Nominal: All cell (limited range)

* Early Adopters:

Cell + Normally Zero Reporting (NZR) satellite

* Nominal:

Cell + NZR satellite

* Early Adopters:

Regular real time reporting (Cell + satellite)

* Nominal:

Regular real time reporting (Cell + satellite)

time

Incentivized, Bundled Tiered Integration

Low Cost MCS Solution is Multi …

• Tiered

• Dimensional

• Disciplinary

• Agent

• Technology

• Jurisdictional

• Generational

Human

Software

Hardware