“IUU fishing results in up to $25 billion in annual economic losses, and fishing vessels engaged in IUU often commit human rights violations like human trafficking and modern slavery”
Marinelec Technologies developed the analytical econometric technology, and the data will engage with other environmental, sea state, operational, and operating conditions factors.
Project ‘SelecTuna' will allow the deployment of more than 1,500 Satlink smart buoys with the aim of increasing selectivity and improving sustainable exploitation of target species.
Aquaculture is playing an increasingly important role in meeting the world's food needs, surpassing wild fisheries in aquatic animal production for the first time, according to a report published Friday.
The fisheries sector is a dangerous profession, and fishers working from small vessels are at the greatest risk. They are often alone on board, working on boats measuring between 6 and 11 metres long.
The fishing fleet loses almost 400 tonnes of rope in Norwegian waters every year. A new study from NTNU shows that only a third of all ropes produced and sold in Norway can be recycled in a sustainable way.
