Integrating a mobile accessible electronic system into dockside monitoring: How can small-scale fisheries data collection programs transition from paper-based to digital data collection?

摘要

ack of reliable, high quality fishing activity data has undermined efforts to monitor marine fisheries efficiently. Further, there are many barriers to capturing this data including inefficient paper processes, lack of trust or incentives to encourage participation, few sources to verify data, and a landscape of information silos. One way to overcome these barriers is to improve fisheries data capture using technology. This project sought to better understand how small-scale dockside fisheries monitoring programs can transition from paper-based methods to digital data collection using a smartphone app. Market-testing of the app using surveys and interviews revealed that a typical NGO fisheries data collection program operates 7 field sites, is paper-based, collects data using dockside monitors, experiences an average time lag of 5 weeks from data recording to usability, and costs an average of