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Fish, Camera, Action: Early adoption of Remote Electronic Monitoring on UK fishing vessels 

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A large fishing vessel at the docks

Authors: Ross Robertson (Defra), Martin Arris (MMO), Rebecca Skirrow (Cefas) and Thomas Catchpole (Cefas) What is REM and what are our plans?   Remote Electronic Monitoring, or REM for short, is a data collection tool that can be installed on vessels …

Fish on Film: the challenges of using AI to improve sustainable fisheries management

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In January this year, Cefas installed a Remote Electronic Monitoring system on our research vessel, the Cefas Endeavour. Why, you might ask… Do you really need to monitor a vessel that is already doing monitoring? Remote Electronic Monitoring - Let’s …

Making waves: recent contributions of Cefas fisheries science for the future of fisheries management in the UK

Fishing net onboard a boat

On Monday 17th July, the UK government’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced further steps to deliver a thriving, sustainable fishing industry and healthy marine environment following the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU). As …