Cost effective monitoring in Australia's tuna longline fisheries

Citation
Gerner M (2015) Cost effective monitoring in Australia’s tuna longline fisheries
Abstract

Driver’s for considering e-monitoring
1. Cost of human observers – Cost is ~ A$800,000; Total cost recovered from industry A$1.6million; and Observer costs account for ~50% of total costs for industry
2. Workplace Health and Safety concerns
3. Compliance
4. Data quality from logbooks
5. Observer effect
The presentation covers: data needs - analysis; commercial trial; benefits; costs; stakeholder perspectives; e-monitoring; summary; and what next.