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AIS data to inform small scale fisheries management and marine spatial planning

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Date
05/2018
Author
James, Mark
Mendo, Tania
Jones, Esther L.
Orr, Kyla
Mcknight, Ali
Thompson, John
Keywords
Monitoring
Inshore fisheries
Trips
PostgreSQL
Trajectories
QH301 Biology
SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
NDAS
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
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Abstract
Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are collision avoidance devices used on-board both commercial and leisure craft. These systems report the position, track and speed of the vessel through Very High Frequency radio transmissions which are accessible to any suitable receiver. This paper explores the potential to use AIS data to inform small scale fisheries management and marine spatial planning. First, the propagation and reception of the line of sight AIS transmissions was modelled around the coast of Scotland to identify areas where the use of AIS may be compromised. Using open source Geographic Information System and relational database software, computationally efficient methods of processing and analysing AIS data were explored. Three months of AIS data derived from 274 Scottish small scale fishing vessels were used to provide spatio-temporal analyses of trip duration and distance travelled, location of fishing activities, and vessel dependency on fishing grounds. The coverage, opportunities and challenges of using AIS are discussed together with broader applications and future developments.
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James , M , Mendo , T , Jones , E L , Orr , K , Mcknight , A & Thompson , J 2018 , ' AIS data to inform small scale fisheries management and marine spatial planning ' , Marine Policy , vol. 91 , pp. 113-121 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.02.012
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Marine Policy
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.02.012
ISSN
0308-597X
Type
Journal article
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© 2018, Elsevier Ltd. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.02.012
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This study was funded by the 2014/15 European Fisheries Fund ‘Evidence Gathering in Support of Sustainable Scottish Inshore Fisheries’ (Grant Number: MI-NC-3-0093). Mark James, Tania Mendo, and John Thompson were supported by the MASTS pooling initiative (The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland). Their support is gratefully acknowledged. MASTS is funded by the Scottish Funding Council (grant reference HR09011) and contributing institutions.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18367

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