1. FSM Electronic Monitoring Trials National experience
Longline Electronic Monitoring (EM) planning workshop
October 17, 2019
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Naiten Bradley Phillip Jr.

2. Background MOU with LuenThai Fishing Venture (LTFV) in 2016
5 LTFV “frozen ULT” longliners (FSM flag)
Cameras were installed in November 2016
Typically these LL stay sea for 2-3 months
Average number of sets 50-60, hooks 2,000 +
3 ports in FSM (PNI, KSA, YAP)

3. EM Data Review
1st EM Data Training & Review February-March 2017 with 2 EM workstations (SVM)
5 observers were trained
2nd EM Data Review Training in October 2017
3rd SVM
Trained 9 observers
100% EM data review with audit by DOS

4. Table of current data review

6. SPECIES COMPOSITION OF BILLFISH CATEGORY

7. Issues/Challenges Remote diagnostics Fishing in multiple zones
Hard drive logistics
Data review time
EM data review pay rates
Hard drive durability

8. Future work
Paired trips EM and observer plus port sampling data analysis
Data audit training
T3 Challenge-100% EM longline coverage by 2023 pre-implementation phase
3 Okinawa longline EM trials in FSM EEZ
Cost recovery
Legal framework review

9. Acknowledgements
Satlink
DOS
TNC
LTFV

10. Thank you