Electronic Monitoring Service Providers Education Coalition

Partners: Mark Michelin, CEA Consulting

Despite the potential of Electronic Monitoring (EM) to deliver high quality data, EM systems cover only a fraction of the US and global fishing fleets. A group of EM service providers approached NGA about creating common guidance for government and fishing industry customers, thus reducing some of the complexity in procurement EM and lowering barriers to EM adoption. 

The group released a guide for consumers and EM program designers, and several of the groups members have continued their conversations about advancing best practices for EM and other fisheries technologies