How effective is electronic monitoring in mixed bottom-trawl fisheries?

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: van Helmond, A.T.M., Chen, C., Poos, J.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: computer vision; discards; fish species recognition; management; The Landing; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/how-effective-is-electronic-monitoring-in-mixed-bottom-trawl-fish; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu200

In the context of the landing obligation under the European Common Fisheries Policy, electronic monitoring (EM) is often presented as one of the solutions to fully document catches. EM includes video monitoring to record the catch handling process on board the vessels. This study evaluated the effic...