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Seafish has organised a free demonstration day to illustrate the operation of the new Seafish Succorfish global vessel tracking technology.
The event will be held at Brixham fish market on Thursday 27 October and runs from 11.00am to 5.00pm. It will be of practical benefit to anyone associated with, or needing to monitor, inshore fishing activity.
As part of a pilot trial funded by Defra and run by Seafish in conjunction with Cefas, thirty one inshore vessels in the south west were equipped last year with a low cost vessel monitoring (VMS) system. Seafish has worked closely with technology provider, Succorfish, to develop a new VMS solution that is reasonable to buy and install, has low operational costs and avoids the use of expensive satellite call charges.
The Brixham event will show how the Seafish Succorfish global tracking device can be used to monitor fishing activity and control access to inshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
“Our aim on the day is to bring together interested parties to learn more about the technology and see for themselves how it works in real life.” says Gus Caslake, Seafish project manager.
“This will be a very hands-on event, illustrating how the hardware works, how equipment is installed onboard and images relayed back to shore. A participating fishing vessel will be on hand for guided tours. The event will also see the official launch of the system’s Graphical User Interface (GUI), a bespoke web site developed to present and manage the gathered data to interested parties in a format that will ultimately make their jobs easier.”
Jon Harman, development director at Seafish says: “We believe the development of effective and low cost VMS for fishing vessels is of key strategic importance to the long term sustainability of our industry. This technology has the potential to prove a major asset in the future application of fisheries management programmes and the practical protection of MPAs.”
To book your place at this free event, please email Gus Caslake at Seafish: E: r_caslake@seafish.co.uk, T: 01736 362 625, M: 07876 035 738.
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