Project Catch: A space based solution to combat illegal,unreported and unregulated fishing: Part I: Vessel monitoring system |
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| Institution: | 1. Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, n° 37-49, Barcelona 08003, Spain;2. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR EME 212, Centre de Recherches Halieutiques Méditerranéennes et Tropicales, Sète, France;3. OCEANA, Plaza España Leganitos, n° 47, Madrid 28013, Spain;4. Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears, Moll de Ponent s/n, Palma 07015, Spain;5. Universidad de Almería (UAL), Ctra Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, Almeria 04120, Spain;6. Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz, Puerto Pesquero, Muelle de Levante s/n, P.O. Box 2609, Cádiz E-11006, Spain;7. WWF Mediterranean Programme Office, c/Canuda, n° 37, Barcelona 08002 Spain;8. Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada;1. Institute of Oceanography, Demersal and Cephalopods Fisheries Resources Laboratory, Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Avenida Itália Km 8, 96201-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil;2. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2258 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA;3. Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 310 West Campus Drive, 148 Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;1. Headquarters, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 2-3-3 Minato-mirai, Nishi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-6115, Japan;2. National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-8648, Japan;3. Yokohama Laboratory, National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-8648, Japan;4. Marine Fisheries Research and Development Center, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 2-3-3 Minato-mirai, Nishi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-6115, Japan;5. Japan Purse Seiners’ Association, 3-11-3 Nagahama, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0072, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Space assets have a unique opportunity to play a more active role in global resource management. There is a clear need to develop resource management tools in a global framework. Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing is placing pressure on the health and size of fishing stocks around the world. Earth observation systems can provide fishery management organizations with cost effective monitoring of large swaths of ocean. Project Catch is a fisheries management project based upon the complimentary, but independent Catch-VMS and Catch-GIS systems. Catch-VMS is a Vessel Monitoring System with increased fidelity over existing offerings. Catch-GIS is a Geographical Information System that combines VMS information with existing Earth Observation data and other data sources to identify Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing. Project Catch was undertaken by 19 Masters students from the 2010 class of the International Space University. In this paper, the space-based system architecture of Project Catch is presented and analyzed. The rationale for the creation of the system, as well as the engineering trade-off studies in its creation, are discussed. The Catch-VMS proposal was envisaged in order to address two specific problems: (1) the expansion of illegal fishing to high-latitude regions where existing satellite systems coverage is an issue and (2) the lack of coverage in remote oceanic regions due to reliance on coastal-based monitoring. Catch-VMS utilizes ship-borne transponders and hosted-payload receivers on a Global Navigation Satellite System in order to monitor the position and activity of compliant fishing vessels. Coverage is global and continuous with multiple satellites in view providing positional verification through multilateration techniques. The second part of the paper briefly describes the Catch-GIS system and investigates its cost of implementation. |
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