Archipelago delivers long-term coordination and dockside monitoring for the west coast geoduck fishery, supporting quota management, accurate landing data, and operational oversight to enable effective fishery management under an individual transferable quota system.
The US West Coast Groundfish electronic monitoring program uses an exempted permit to support multiple fleets with cost-effective at-sea catch monitoring, enabling regulatory compliance and efficient data processing in coordination with the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.
The Alaska Fixed Gear electronic monitoring program supports cooperative research and regulated fisheries management by enabling hook-and-line and trap vessels to use EM for catch, discard, and compliance monitoring, with equipment and field support provided by Archipelago.
The US Alaska Pollock Trawl electronic monitoring program evaluates EM as a cost-effective alternative to at-sea observers, improving compliance monitoring and data quality for pollock fisheries, with data processing coordinated by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.
The pilot project will test a newly developed, low-cost EM system in combination with a tablet-based electronic logbook (E-Log) to determine its effectiveness as a tool to improve data quality and the timeliness of in-season management decisions, specifically related to the spatial distribution of crab gear to mitigate marine mammal interactions.
Archipelago delivers dockside and electronic monitoring for the groundfish hook and line fishery, providing comprehensive catch verification, data integration, and analysis to support accurate reporting, regulatory compliance, and informed fisheries management decision-making.
Archipelago has trained and provided certified at-sea observers for domestic and international vessels since 1985. Through its groundfish at-sea observer program, the company provides 100% at-sea monitoring services for all groundfish fisheries—including international vessels—fishing within Canada’s Pacific Region zone.
As part of its groundfish dockside monitoring programs, Archipelago works with fisheries staff to establish data–management standards, while providing trained and government certified shore–based observers to assist with fisheries data collection, species identification, and the integration of new technologies
Archipelago supports catch and shellfish dockside monitoring programs for a range of British Columbia fisheries, including the BC geoduck and shrimp fisheries.
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