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Table 8.1: Organisations of key informant experts that answered questions and/or were interviewed about fisheries digitalisation in the Commonwealth.

Affiliation

Region of expertise

WorldFish

Asia

Eachmile technologies/Fishcoin

Pacific/Asia

Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM)

America

Sea Quest (Fiji) PTE Ltd and Sealand Processors (Fiji) PTE Ltd

Pacific

WWF New Zealand

Pacific

Oceansmall company limited

Africa

TraSeable Solutions

Pacific

The University of the West Indies

Caribbean

Abalobi

Africa

Verifact

EU

Tata Consultancy Services

Asia

Fisheries New Zealand

Pacific

Self employed

Pacific

Ministry for Primary Industries, Treaty Capability, Policy Capability & Regulatory Stewardship

Pacific

 

Table 8.2: Search terms used

World Fish Technology

Digitalisation fisheries

Digitalisation fisheries Commonwealth

Digitisation of fisheries Africa

Technology fishing sector

Efficacy fish technology

Fishery digitalisation FAO

Fishery digitalisation World Bank

Fishery digitalisation United Nations

Fishery digitalisation Commonwealth

Fishery digitalisation Worldfish

Fish technology

Digital fishery technology

Digitalisation Africa

Digitalisation Asia

Digitalisation the Caribbean

Digitalisation south America

Digitalisation Europe

Digitalisation Pacific

Fisheries data Africa digitalisation

Fisheries data Asia digitalisation

Fisheries data South America digitalisation

Fisheries data Caribbean digitalisation

Fisheries data Europe digitalisation

Fisheries data Pacific digitalisation

Data infrastructure fisheries

Technology development fisheries

Digital fisheries

Digitalisation, fisheries, Botswana

Digitalisation fisheries Cameroon

Digitalisation fisheries Gambia

Digitalisation fisheries Ghana

Digitalisation fisheries Kenya

Digitalisation fisheries Kingdom of Eswatini

Digitalisation fisheries Lesotho

Digitalisation fisheries Malawi

Digitalisation fisheries Mauritius

Digitalisation fisheries Mozambique

Digitalisation fisheries Namibia

Digitalisation fisheries Nigeria

Digitalisation fisheries Rwanda

Digitalisation fisheries Seychelles

Digitalisation fisheries Sierra Leone

Digitalisation fisheries South Africa

Digitalisation fisheries Uganda

Digitalisation fisheries United Republic of Tanzania

Digitalisation fisheries Zambia

Digitalisation fisheries Bangladesh

Digitalisation fisheries Brunei Darussalam

Digitalisation fisheries India

Digitalisation fisheries Malaysia

Digitalisation fisheries Pakistan

Digitalisation fisheries Singapore

Digitalisation fisheries Sri Lanka

Digitalisation fisheries Antigua and Barbuda

Digitalisation fisheries Barbados

Digitalisation fisheries Belize

Digitalisation fisheries Canada

Digitalisation fisheries Dominica

Digitalisation fisheries Grenada

Digitalisation fisheries Guyana

Digitalisation fisheries Jamaica

Digitalisation fisheries Saint Lucia

Digitalisation fisheries St Kitts and Nevis

Digitalisation fisheries St Vincent and The Grenadines

Digitalisation fisheries Trinidad and Tobago

Digitalisation fisheries Cyprus

Digitalisation fisheries Malta

Digitalisation fisheries United Kingdom

Digitalisation fisheries Australia

Digitalisation fisheries Fiji

Digitalisation fisheries Kiribati

Digitalisation fisheries Nauru

Digitalisation fisheries New Zealand

Digitalisation fisheries Papua New Guinea

Digitalisation fisheries Samoa

Digitalisation fisheries Solomon Islands

Digitalisation fisheries Tuvalu

Digitalisation fisheries Vanuatu

 

Acronyms

 

ABNJ                                                                            Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

AFALU                                                                       Association of Fishers and Lake Users

AI                                                                                                     Artificial Intelligence

AIS                                                                                   Automatic Identification System

BIMA                        A leading provider of mobile-delivered insurance in emerging markets

BSNL                                            India’s government-owned telecommunications provider

CAS                                                                             Catch and Effort Assessment Survey

CCRIF                                                           Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility

CC4FISH                    Climate Change Adaptation in the Eastern Caribbean Fisheries Sector

CHS                                                                                    Canadian Hydrographic Service

CIRP                                                                            Caribbean ICT Research Programme

CLME+                                                                   Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Plus

COAST                                         Caribbean Oceans and Aquaculture Sustainability Facility

CRFM                                                                   Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism

CVision                                                                                                    Computer Vision

DCash           Blockchain-based digital currency created by Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

DFO                                                                                       Fisheries and Oceans Canada

DNA                                                                                               Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid

eACDS                                                       Electronic ASEAN Catch Documentation Scheme

EAIFFPA                                East African Industrial Fishing and Fish Processing Association

EEZs                                                                                           Exclusive Economic Zones

e-CAS                                                                          Electronic Catch Assessment Survey

eCDT                                                       Electronic Catch Documentation and Traceability

EMFAF                                                  European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund

EU                                                                                                            European Union

FACTAP                          Fisheries and Aquaculture Clean Technology Adoption Programme

FACTS                                                              Fishery Activity and Catch Tracking System

FAO                                       The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

FEWER                                         Fisheries Early Warning and Emergency Response System

FFA                                                                                               Forum Fisheries Agency

FFOU                                                            Federation of Fisheries Organisations Uganda

FISHCOPFED                                    India’s National Federation of Fishers Cooperatives Ltd

GFCM                                                   General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean

GFW                                                                                                  Global Fishing Watch

GPS                                                                                            Global Positioning System

GDST                                                                    Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability

GSSI                                                                           Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative

ICT                                                                 Information and Communication Technology

ILO                                                                          The International Labour Organisation

ISO standards                                                     International Organisation for Standardisation

ISRO                                                                         Indian Space Research Organisation’s

IUU                                                                             Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated

iVMS                                                                                   Inshore Vessel Monitoring System

KATOSI (WDT)                                                                           Women Development Trust 

KI                                                                                                                Key Informant

LSF                                                                                                   Large-Scale Fisheries

MCS                                                                           Monitoring, Control and Surveillance

MPAs                                                                                               Marine Protected Areas

NavIC                                                Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System initiative

NSNLs                                                                          National Synchrotron Light Sources

OECD                                  The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PNA                                                                                  Parties to the Nauru Agreement

RFID                                                                                   Radio Frequency Identification

RMFOs                                                          Regional Fisheries Management Organisations

SA                                                                                                                   St Andrews

SaaS                                                                                                Software As A Service

SAR                                                                                            Synthetic Aperture Radar

SIDS                                                                                    Small Island Developing States

SSF                                                                             Small-Scale (and artisanal) Fisheries

SMART                                  Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound

SPC                                                                                 Secretariat of Pacific Community

STARFISH 4.0                                                                         An EU-funded 2-year project

TNC                                                                                             The Nature Conservancy

TUFMAN2                                                             Tuna Fisheries Data Management system

UFPEA                                                     Uganda Fish Processors and Exporters Association

UK                                                                                                            United Kingdom

VHF                                                                                                   Very High-Frequency

VMS                                                                                            Vessel Monitoring System

WWF                                                                                      World Wide Fund for Nature

 

 

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