Evaluate the Archipelago Electronic Monitoring Lite system in the coastal Washington commercial Dungeness crab fishery which relies on state and tribal co-management of the resource. Project will engage 12 vessels to test whether this system can improve the precision, accuracy, and timeliness of fishing effort and location data information by validating fishers' logbook submissions and allowing the transition to electronic reporting in the fishery.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Fisheries Innovation Fund
Project Title: Lite Electronic Monitoring Proof-of-Concept for the Washington Dungeness Crab Fishery
Organization:
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Project ID:
0303.20.070437
Description:
Award Amount:
$95294.00
Location:
Clallam, Jefferson, Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties, Washington