NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Fisheries Innovation Fund
Project Title: Integrating an Intelligent Discard Chute into New England Groundfish Electronic Monitoring (MA)
Organization:
A.I.S., Inc.
Project ID:
0303.22.073564
Description:

Develop and pilot a solution for electronic monitoring in collaboration with high catch fishing industry partners in the New England groundfish fishery. Project will develop an approach with on vessel artificial intelligence in a discard chute system, wireless video transfer, web-based video review, and integration of broadband vessel monitoring systems and electronic logbooks to incentivize fleet adoption for the high catch New England groundfish trawl vessel fleet.

Award Amount:
$455803.43
Location:
Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine, Massachusetts