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The CatchID symposium

Welcome to the 2nd international Symposium on Catch Identification Technologies in Tromsø 19th-20th March 2024.

Program

08:00-08:50: Registration and coffee

08:50-09:00: Welcome and brief introduction to the conference

WhenWhatWho
09.00-09.15Opening speechKristina Sigurdsdottir Hansen
State Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
09.15-09.45Unleashing the power of ocean data, technology and collaborationKimberly Mathisen
CEO,
HUB Ocean 
09.45-10.00 Compliance by design Sølvi Åmo Albrigtsen
Senior Advisor,
The Norwegian Tax Administration
10.00-10.30Pause 
Emerging technologies session
10.30-10.45 A benchmark dataset for species classification and length measurement of individual catch items in demersal trawling with varying levels of occlusion. Martin Mathias Nielsen
DTU Aqua, Denmark 
10.45-11.00Advancing Sustainable Fisheries:  Implementing VISIM Electronic Monitoring for Enhanced Data Collection in the Belgian Fleet Sam Vanhoorne
Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Belgium 
11.00-11.15 Training catch analysis models with synthetic data Jonatan Sjølund Dyrstad
SINTEF Ocean, Norway
11.15-11.30  Sensing modalities for automatic catch monitoring; Sensing beyond the human eye  Angelo Mencarelli/ Theodoor Akkerboom
Wageningen Plant Research, The Netherlands 
11.30-11.45Automated data collection in a lobster fishery: The CatchCam project Daniel Benden
Wageningen Marine Research
11.45-12.00Real-time AI-based hake catch monitoring in bottom longlining fisheries. Vicente Domínguez-Arca
Biosystems and Bioprocess Engineering (Bio2Eng) Group, Spain 
12.00-13.00 Lunch 
EVERYFISH session
13.00-13.20 EVERYFISH and OPTIFISH – Cross-European collaborations for the digitalization of catch registration on all fishing vesselsRachel Tiller
SINTEF Ocean, Norway 
13.20-13.40 Technological development in EVERYFISH and Catch Monitor Michal Mackiewicz
The University of East Anglia, The UK 
13.40-13.55  CatchWAM - A compact image acquisition system Angelo Mencarelli
Wageningen Research, The Netherlands 
13.55-14.10  Catch S3ID – Automated, species, sex and size identification of crustaceans. Mark James
The University of St. Andrews, The UK 
14.10-14.25  Hyperledger Sawtooth for Fish Traceability Emma Litzler
Sintef Ocean, Norway 
14.25-14.40 Review and Evaluation of the Technical Measures Regulation under FDF, based on the Kattegat Sissel Kolls Bertelsen
DTU Aqua, Denmark 
14.40-15.00 Pause and poster session 
15.00-16.00 Panel debate: Fully documented fisheries and emerging technologies 

Moderator:
Rachel Tiller, SINTEF Ocean 

Panel:
Thord Monsen, Head of Section, the Directorate of Fisheries 

Viðar Ólason
Dep. Head of surveillance at sea, Fiskistofa

Jacob Linnemann Rønfeldt
Fisheries Officer, Fiskeristyrelsen

Ross Robertson
Remote Electronic Monitoring policy lead, DEFRA

Miguel Nuevo
Head of Sector Planning and Assessment, EFCA

20.00-22.00  Dinner 

 

08.55-09.00: Welcome to day 2

WhenWhatWho
Decision support tool session
09.00-09.15  A Graphical User Interface to Present Demersal Trawl Catch Information in Real-Time: A Case Study for Nephrops (Nephrops norvegicus) Fishery Ercan Avşar
DTU Aqua, Denmark 
09.15-09.30  The Zunibal Precatch System: a new tool for fishing decision to minimize bycatch in Tropical Tuna Fisheries Lucio Calise
Zunibal, Spain 
09.30-09.45  The DataCatch projectStåle Walderhaug
SINTEF Nord, Norway
09.45-10.00  The Joint Analytical Cell (JAC); Integrating Data, Tools, and Expertise to Support National, Regional, and Global MCS EffortsMark Young
IMCS Network, USA
10.00-10.15Navigating the Waters with AI: Instant Alerts and Visualization of Fishing HotspotsJonas Dammen
CTO, Catchwise
10.15-10.45Pause 
Use of Machine Vision and AI in other industries session 
10.45-11.00BioSort's Fish-ID, a major leap in indivisualised aquacultureAvinash Burla
Biosort AS, Norway
11.00-11.15Machine Vision in financial services – selected use casesFrode Lervik
Veloverveid, Norway
11.15-11.30AI for acoustic echogram fish target detection and beyondRobert Jenssen
SFI Visual Intelligence, UiT, Norway
11.30-11.45Developing and deploying a real-time AI system to prevent the Extinction of Atlantic Salmon.Thorvald Ballestad,
Data Scientist, Simula Consulting, Norway
Supplier industry session   
11.45-12.00Species recognition using hyperspectral imaging. Silje Ottestad
Maritech AS, Norway
12.00-12.15Catchreg – Compact Catch Registration prototype André Ødegårdstuen
Adigo Mechatronics AS and Kvalitetskjøling AS, Norway 
12.15-12.30Advancing the Frontiers of AI in Electronic Monitoring: A Leap from Proof of Concepts to Global Accessibility and Scalability Alexander Dungate
CEO and Co-Founder, OnDeck Fisheries AI, Canada 
12.30-13.30Lunch 
Future perspectives session 
13.30-13.45  Electronic catch registration - realistic visions? - some reflections from the fishermenJan Roger Lerbukt
The Norwegian Fishermen organization 
13.45-14.00  Moving from control to meeting documentation needsThord Monsen
Directorate of Fisheries 
14.00-14.15  Future perspectives on monitoring of marine fish stocks and ecosystemsGeir Huse
The Institute of Marine Research 
14.15-14.30  Deep vision - preciscion trawling

Hege Hammersland
Scantrol Deep vision

14.30-14.45  Integrating Technology to Combat IUU Fishing: Creating an Environment to Maximize ImpactMark Young
IMCS Network
14.45-15.15 Plenary session  
15.15-15.30 Concluding remarksFrank Bakke-Jensen
The Directorate of Fisheries 

 

Following the successful 1st International Symposium on Catch Identification Technologies, with more than 150 participants, The Directorate of Fisheries has invited the fishing industry, managers, scientists, policy makers, exporters, marketers, and any other interested parties to attend the next Symposium in Tromsø, 19th-20th March 2024 at Scandic Ishavshotel. 

About the symposium

The ocean and its fishery resources are vital to the wellbeing and prosperity of humankind. Fish provide 3.2 billion people with almost 20% of their animal protein, proving the importance of fisheries in a global context.

The wild-living marine resources are renewable but not inexhaustible, and sustainable fishing is an important part of UN’s 14th sustainable development goal. Consumers, markets and authorities increased demand for verifiable documentation of stocks being harvested sustainably, with traceability throughout the value chain, reflects the importance of reaching the UN goals.

To be able to accommodate the increasing demand for verifiable documentation, emerging technologies need to be utilized and new technological solutions will need to be developed and implemented globally.