Tools and Technologies for the Monitoring, Control and Surveillance of Unwanted Catches

James, Kelly M.; Campbell, Neill; Viðarsson, Jónas R.; Vilas, Carlos; Plet-Hansen, Kristian Schreiber; Borges, Lisa; González, O.R.; Helmond, A.T.M. van; Pérez‐Martín, Ricardo I.; Antelo, Luís T.; Pérez-Bouzada, Jorge; Ulrich, Clara

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03308-8_18

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“…Apart from similarities related to defining an area of regulation, the actors involved and the accounting registers and reports illustrated above, we can stress the inspection dimension, which continues to be an important element in contemporary fishery management. Indeed, Monitoring Control and Surveillance (MCS) programmes are pivotal in the governance of fishery (James et al, 2019). They require boarding and inspection activities to obtain compliance with conservation and management measures (Proulx, 2003) and accounting toolssuch as catch registers, reports and logbooksare used for data Accounting and fishery management cross-checks and make it possible to discover illegal fishing activities.…”

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Accounting and disciplinary methods in fishery management

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2021

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to contribute to the research related to “the interplay between accounting and the state, politics, and local authorities in the broad government and administration of food for sustainability of populations” (Sargiacomo et al., 2016). Considering contemporary examples and investigating the genealogy of an 18th-century reform of fishery management (the New Plan), the authors explore the role played by accounting and calculative practices when local authorities intervene using forms of discipline based on control systems that acted on commons (fish), people and space.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is historically grounded on archival research on a fish provisioning case during the 18th century in Ancona, an Italian town on the Adriatic coast. The investigation adopts an approach focussed on the use of disciplinary methods in the terms highlighted by Foucault. This perspective offers a lens capable of revealing the key role of accounting in a period when discipline became “general formulas of domination” (Foucault, 1977) and the Papal States were looking for food provisioning solutions (Foucault, 2007). The study highlights similarities with contemporary fishery management.FindingsThe paper shows that governability of fishery in a commons' logic is not limited by the properties of the good, but rather “it is achieved through the objects and instruments that are deployed to make it possible” (Johnsen, 2014, p. 429). It reveals forms assumed by economic calculation in different eras and their contribution in the art of governing realised by the state (Hoskin and Macve, 2016). The study unveils how accounting effectively operates using “naming and counting” activities (Ezzamel and Hoskin, 2002) based on a system of documents and accounting registers; these have a pivotal role in redefining fishery management and in keeping goods (fish) and people (fishermen) under control. The investigation also highlights the importance of properly quantifying data in fishery management, confirming the literature on the topic (Beddington et al., 2007, p. 1713). In contemporary situations, data refer to quantifying the fish stock in the sea and the consequent estimation of fish catch. In the historical investigation, although environmental protection was not an issue, quantification refers to the fish that entered the town of Ancona, whose estimation was the result of a new calculative approach adopted by local authorities facing fish needs. In addition, it offers early evidence of organised and rational-based control mechanisms that were the result of Enlightened ideas emerging in the Papal States context.Originality/valueDespite the fact that fish represent a fundamental good for governments to act on in response to a population's needs, there has been no attention paid to how governmental authorities have used disciplinary mechanisms to intervene in fishery management or the role played by accounting. This study's novelty is its investigation of fishery, using Foucauldian disciplinary methods to understand accounting's contribution in fishery governance. In addition, this investigation permits to unveil the role of accounting to support one of the main principles of the governance of commons that is represented by the congruence between rules and local conditions (Fennell, 2011, p. 11; Ostrom, 1990, p. 92).

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Accounting and disciplinary methods in fishery management

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2021

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“…Radar systems with an Automatic Radar Plotting Aid track unique live targets whose attributes can later be stored for post hoc analysis (Nohara et al, 2008). Satellite images, digital photographs, and video can also be used to supplement vessel and activity detection and tracking (e.g., Taborda and Silva, 2012;Bloisi et al, 2017;Bartholomew et al, 2018;James et al, 2019). The Marine Monitor (M2) is a low-cost proprietary coastal monitoring system developed by ProtectedSeas (2019) that integrates these multiple components including AIS, off-the-shelf marine radar, and a high-definition camera.…”

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Application of a New Shore-Based Vessel Traffic Monitoring System Within San Francisco Bay

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Vessel traffic management systems can be employed for environmental management where vessel activity may be of concern. One such location is in San Francisco Bay where a variety of vessel types transit a highly developed urban estuary. We analyzed vessel presence and speed across space and time using vessel data from the Marine Monitor, a vessel tracking system that integrates data from the Automatic Identification System and a marine-radar sensor linked to a high-definition camera. In doing so, we provide data that can inform collision risk to cetaceans who show an increased presence in the Bay and evaluation of the value in incorporating data from multiple sources when observing vessel traffic. We found that ferries traveled the greatest distance of any vessel type. Ferries and other commercial vessels (e.g., cargo and tanker ships and tug boats) traveled consistently in distinct paths while recreational traffic (e.g., motorized recreational craft and sailing vessels) was more dispersed. Large shipping vessels often traveled at speeds greater than 10 kn when transiting the study area, and ferries traveled at speeds greater than 30 kn. We found that distance traveled and speed varied by season for tugs, motorized recreational and sailing vessels. Distance traveled varied across day and night for cargo ships, tugs, and ferries while speed varied between day and night only for ferries. Between weekdays and weekends, distance traveled varied for cargo ships, ferries, and sailing vessels, while speed varied for ferries, motorized recreational craft, and sailing vessels. Radar-detected vessel traffic accounted for 33.9% of the total track distance observed, highlighting the need to include data from multiple vessel tracking systems to fully assess and manage vessel traffic in a densely populated urban estuary.

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“…Sustainability is a basic premise of the economic and social future of European fisheries, and the main objective of the Common Fisheries Policy [6]. To achieve this objective, this policy aims to reduce fish discards, i.e., the volume of unwanted captures returned to the sea for different reasons [9,16,10] by introducing the so-called Landing Obligation, Article 15 [6,15]. This states that all catches of regulated species (species under Total Allowable Catches (TAC), or Minimum Conservation Reference Size (MCRS)) must be kept onboard, landed, and counted against quotas.…”

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“…Within this framework, fisheries monitoring plays a key role for the successful implementation of the Landing Obligation [15]. Data provided by fisheries monitoring could also be used by ship owners and captains for better fisheries management.…”

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