Electronic Fishery Information Systems

Electronic Fishery Information Systems Solutions To Fisheries & Oceans Canadas Electronic Reporting IssuesPrepared By:Ron Goruk: 250-713-1522Carmen McConnell: 250-713-7172Portland May 3-4, 2011Electronic Fishery Information SystemsFirst Nations Electronic Reporting DatabaseStarted in year 2000Licensing/permitting module, tracks individual catchCaptures all Food, Social & Ceremonial (FSC) catchTracks distributionCaptures location, effort and other fishing information34+ Nations have the databaseData sent electronically to DFO Pacific Regions corporate database via e-mail2011 Software rebuilt using Visual Studio NetTraining for 34 Nations, additional Nations coming on sideOnly means for FSC data to be entered into corporate databaseElectronic Fishery Information SystemsRecreational Electronic LogbookStarted in year 2006Recreational fishers not required to report catch3 components to applicationOn Water Handheld device, individual fish by GPSDockside Touch screen, less location detailsLodge Imports data from other devices, reports2010 10 Lodges, 35 Handhelds, 8 Tablet PCs10 Handhelds in OlympiaData sent electronically to DFO Pacific Regions corporate database via e-mail DFO MS Exchange server2011 Dockside and On Water being built in HTML5 to accommodate new technologiesIncrease efforts to deploy software in Pacific Region Electronic Fishery Information Systems

On Water ComponentElectronic Fishery Information Systems

Dockside ComponentElectronic Fishery Information Systems

Desktop ComponentElectronic Fishery Information SystemsCommercial Electronic LogbookStarted in year 2005Design based on existing paper logbooksIncorporates input from fishers and DFO StaffCan include bio and other scientific dataCaptures catch and other fishing information at sourceReduces data entry errors, decipheringReduces data entry costs for DFOStandard E-Log components Start Trip (Provides estimate of effort) Cancel Trip, Pause Trip, Catch, End Trip, Landing (optional) Hardware setup (GPS, Satellite Modem/Telephone, USB StickCommunications Setup (Satellite Modem/Telephone, USB)Fisher Setup (E-Log I.D., VRN, FIN, E-Mail addresses)Landing (Optional)Electronic Fishery Information Systems

Electronic Fishery Information SystemsCommercial Electronic Logbook contdForces fishers to report as per their license conditionsForces fishers to meet data and reporting standardsImproves complianceException reports can track violationsVessel monitoring (hourly position reporting)Eliminates the purchase of paper logbooks and phone-inVarious standard reports available in applicationData received in real time or near real time if required

Electronic Fishery Information SystemsCommercial Electronic Logbook contdTransmission issues resolvedIridium and Orbcomm satellite modemsIridium and Globalstar satellite telephonesCellular telephoneUSB Internet deviceLAN Local Area Network connectionData transmitted via comma delimited textDifficult to decipher if interceptedMost economical for fishers Data sent as a simple, small e-mail message to DFOs Microsoft Exchange serverMessage gets processed and sent to DFOs corporate catch database

Electronic Fishery Information Systems

Electronic Fishery Information SystemsCommercial Electronic Logbook contd 5071GE00006,"9470-2607-110755", "FOS-148220",26/7/2010,C4,"4-15",12.5,11 B,0,1C,28,0A, 440,05071 Start tag & I.D. for batch import processes - Catch Report Tag, Use other tagsGE00006 DFO E-Log I.D. for Fisher, unique9470-2607-110755 Unique reference number"FOS-148220 Confirmation # from DB back to Fisher4,"4-15",12.5,11 Area, Sub-area, Hours fished, # Gillnet setsA,440,0