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González,Raúl; Gaspar,Claudio; Curtolo,Luis; Sangiuliano,Italo; Osovnikar,Paul; Borsetta,Néstor. |
The Fishery and Oceanographic Monitoring System (FOMS) or Sistema de Monitoreo Pesquero y Oceanográfico (SiMPO) in Spanish, was recently established in San Matías Gulf (Argentina) with the objective of monitoring fishing fleet operations. FOMS was also conceived as a fundamental tool for supporting research activities in the context of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries. A detailed description of the system is offered. An on line satellite transceiver (Inmarsat D+) supplies data about position, bearing and speed of the vessels, and alarms are automatically triggered whenever vessels are detected fishing in forbidden areas. The off line module integrating one on board CPU with other components: an electronic logbook allowing to the skipper load data on... |
Tipo: Journal article |
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Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382004000200042 |
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