Electronic Fishery Information Systems

Solutions To Fisheries & Oceans Canada’s Electronic Reporting Issues

Prepared By:Ron Goruk: 250-713-1522Carmen McConnell: 250-713-7172

Portland May 3-4, 2011

Electronic Fishery Information Systems

First Nations Electronic Reporting Database Started in year 2000 Licensing/permitting module, tracks individual catch Captures all Food, Social & Ceremonial (FSC) catch

Tracks distribution

Captures location, effort and other fishing information 34+ Nations have the database Data sent electronically to DFO Pacific Region’s

corporate database via e-mail 2011 – Software rebuilt using Visual Studio Net

Training for 34 Nations, additional Nations coming on sideOnly means for FSC data to be entered into corporate database

Electronic Fishery Information SystemsRecreational Electronic Logbook

Started in year 2006 Recreational fishers not required to report catch 3 components to application

On Water – Handheld device, individual fish by GPSDockside – Touch screen, less location detailsLodge – Imports data from other devices, reports

2010 – 10 Lodges, 35 Handhelds, 8 Tablet PC’s10 Handhelds in Olympia

Data sent electronically to DFO Pacific Region’s corporate database via e-mail DFO MS Exchange server

2011 – Dockside and On Water being built in HTML5 to accommodate new technologiesIncrease efforts to deploy software in Pacific Region

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On Water Component

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Dockside Component

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Desktop Component

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Commercial Electronic Logbook Started in year 2005 Design based on existing paper logbooks

Incorporates input from fishers and DFO StaffCan include bio and other scientific data

Captures catch and other fishing information at sourceReduces data entry errors, decipheringReduces data entry costs for DFO

Standard 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)

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Electronic Fishery Information Systems

Commercial Electronic Logbook – cont’d Forces fishers to report as per their license conditions Forces fishers to meet data and reporting standards Improves compliance

Exception reports can track violationsVessel monitoring (hourly position reporting)

Eliminates the purchase of paper logbooks and phone-in Various standard reports available in application Data received in real time or near real time if required

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Commercial Electronic Logbook – cont’d Transmission issues resolved

Iridium and Orbcomm satellite modemsIridium and Globalstar satellite telephonesCellular telephoneUSB Internet deviceLAN – Local Area Network connection

Data transmitted via comma delimited textDifficult to decipher if interceptedMost economical for fishers

Data sent as a simple, small e-mail message to DFO’s Microsoft Exchange serverMessage gets processed and sent to DFO’s corporate catch

database

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Electronic Fishery Information Systems

Commercial Electronic Logbook – cont’d <SI>5071<CR>GE00006,"9470-2607-110755",

"FOS-148220",26/7/2010,C<FE>4,"4-15",12.5,11

<CA>B,0,1</CA><CA>C,28,0</CA><CA>A,

440,0</CA></FE></CR></SI><SI>5071 – Start tag & I.D. for batch import processes

<CR> - Catch Report Tag, Use other tags

GE00006 – DFO E-Log I.D. for Fisher, unique

“9470-2607-110755“ – Unique reference number

"FOS-148220“ – Confirmation # from DB back to Fisher

4,"4-15",12.5,11 – Area, Sub-area, Hours fished, # Gillnet sets

<CA>A,440,0</CA – Sockeye catch tag, 440 kept 0 released

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Commercial Electronic Logbook – cont’d Security issues resolved

PRA (Preliminary Risk Assessment) being approved, ensures transmitted data is not a risk to Fisher or DFO

DFO not responsible for fisher data until it reaches DFO Microsoft Exchange Server (behind firewall)

• DFO owns data once it reaches the exchange serverE-Log I.D. issued to fishers, eliminates the need to send

personal informationE-Log I.D. and FIN (Fisher Identification Number) sent with

catch and other fishing informationE-Log I.D. and FIN linked to all personal and licensing

information behind DFO firewall in DFO’s corporate information system

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Commercial Electronic Logbook – cont’d Piloted Fisheries

Net Fisheries (Gillnet & Seine)• Pacific Salmon, Pacific Herring, Greenland Halibut

Trawl Fisheries• Atlantic Shrimp

Pot Fisheries• Pacific Prawn, Atlantic Lobster, Atlantic Snow Crab

Hook and Line Fisheries• Pacific Salmon (Troll), Tuna

2010 – 134 E-logs deployed Nationally Software available to fishers at no charge

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Commercial Electronic Logbook – cont’d DFO E-Log Modules

Quota Tracking• Tracks quota by species and area• For the fisher only, data not sent• At sea estimated catch gets updated once catch has been landed

and validated• Suggested to build this into an “at sea” transferring system

Landing• Captures landing information, including validated catch• Applied when required• Generates electronic or paper sales slip

E-Mail• Sends and receives small text messages, no attachments• Ship to ship and ship to shore• Favorite module!!

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Commercial Electronic Logbook – cont’d 2011 – Expansion in all fisheries and fleets 2011 – New Fisheries

Red Sea Urchin• Interest in developing E-Log module, Managers & Fishers• Recommendation to make VMS mandatory, Abalone poaching

issuesDungeness CrabSnow Crab

• 5 vessel pilotGreenland Halibut – Trawl (Gillnet – 2010)Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (HAFO)Quebec Lobster fishery, 86 vessels

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