Electronic Monitoring: Different Fisheries Require Different Solutions
![The electronic monitoring system on this fishing vessel includes cameras attached to the vessel’s stabilizers. The cameras collect high resolution video of everything that comes up on the longline. Credit: NOAA. Electronic Monitoring: Different Fisheries Require Different Solutions](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/Boats/image19-02-2016-09.37.48-e1547222612427.jpg)
Dan Falvey fishes aboard the 50-foot FV Magia out of Sitka, Alaska, for Pacific cod, black cod, and halibut. Alongside that boat two cameras lean out over the water, each pointed at the spot where the longline emerges from the deep. When the hydraulic winch kicks into gear and the line starts coming in, the […]