SEMDAC MSC support and surveillance in Chile s EEZ, Desventuradas Islands and Easter Island Laura Fontan Bouzas Fisheries Analyst, OceanMind
INTRODUCTION Established in 2015 Supports fisheries Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Targets Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing Risk management for the seafood supply chain Unbiased, independent monitoring, verification and validation
WHAT IS OCEANMIND? Not for profit Trusted Expert fisheries analysts Actionable insights into fisheries compliance Unbiased, fair and equal Advanced, innovative technologists Empowered fisheries enforcement and compliance
WHAT DOES OCEANMIND DO? Delivers analytical support to governments and other authorities Seafood supply chain verification and compliance Efficient, cost effective analytics and expertise Productive use of existing resources
COMPLIANCE OF THE RULES Compliance: 1. Protect the resource 2. To be more fair Deterrence: 1. Possibility of being detected 2. Possibility of serious punishment 3. Social impact
HOW WE DO IT Technology Optical RADAR AIS VMS Experimental
LIGHT DETECTION EXPERIMENTAL SENSOR (VIIRS)
LIGHT DETECTION EXPERIMENTAL SENSOR (VIIRS)
PILOT LIGHT DETECTOR SENSOR (VIIRS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3yywismhzw
CASES OF SUCCESS
HOW WE DO IT Machine Learning Complex algorithms Automatic identification and corroboration of fishing activity Safe, separate and secure customer data Enhanced accuracy and depth of analysis Increased speed and effectiveness
FILTERING TOOLS
HOW WE DO IT Analysts Highly trained experienced team Deep understanding of fisheries sector, international rules and regulations Anomaly investigation Actionable, independent reports
INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION EMPOWERS TRACEABILITY Common best practise in other industries OceanMind at forefront of verification for fisheries compliance Expert analysis and compliance checks Verification of catch for total traceability across supply chain
WHO DO WE DO IT FOR? Government agencies Seafood retailers and their supply chain Regulatory and management bodies Trade bodies Fisheries
CASE STUDY Thailand: a test of monitoring of ships Maldives: monitoring of pole & line vessels Polynesian leaders Group: providing support in monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries Chilean Navy support Pitcairn islands: monitoring of the Marine Reserve on behalf of the UK government Compliance and verification in the supply chain of supermarkets
CHILE
CHILE Support MSC and surveillance in the EEZ of Chile, Desventuradas Islands and Easter Island Period: (31 March-18 April 17) AIS, VMS, SAR Adjacent Waters(+100mn) Chilean Navy (DIRECTEMAR) Objective: vision, monitoring and validation
1.FIELD WORK
SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR)
NUMBER OF VESSELS IDENTIFIED (31 MARCH 17 APRIL 2017) Vessel Type # Fishing 29 Fish Carrier 1 Fish Bunker 0 Fishing Buoy 0 Cargo 65 Hazardous Cargo 24 Passenger 0 Pleasure 0 Unknown 0 Other 2 Total 121
FIELD WORK 14 fishing vessels detected with suspicious activity. Recommendation to verify the authorizations of the OROPs (ORP-PS, CIAT) Recommendation that the service of DIRECTEMAR verify identity of ships or multiple transmissions of AIS before checking the authorisations on the RFMOs It is recommended for the RFMO, go to the positions where the detections are not correlated Important: take into account the high density of vessels (fleet of squid)
VESSELS IN THE CHILEAN EEZ
2. ANALYSIS 2015-2017 (TOTAL NUMBER OF SHIPS IN AIS) Chile AOI Desventuradas AOI Averag Category 2015/16 2016/17 e 2015/16 2016/17 Total Fishing 627 530 579 300 248 411 Fish Carrier 47 43 45 27 14 39 Fish Bunker 9 4 7 8 6 13 Fishing Buoy 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cargo 2115 1982 2049 808 812 1429 Hazardous Cargo 528 549 539 219 262 426 Passenger 82 83 83 3 7 10 Pleasure 132 111 122 14 16 30 Unknown 548 830 689 45 42 86 Other 335 298 317 52 39 86 Total 4423 4430 4427 1476 1446 2530
NUMBER OF UNIQUE VESSEL ID'S NUMBER OF ID'S OF AIS FOR ALL SHIPS (APRIL 15-APRIL 17) 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 Number of monthly unique AIS ID's of all vessel catagories 0 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Fishing Fishing buoy 2015 Fish carrier Fish bunker cargo hazardous cargo 2016 passenger pleasure unknown 2017 other
7 Vessels without license: possible fishing activity within Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park 86 boats without a license within the EEZ of Chile 6 boats near the EEZ with possible illegal activity 2 and 9 failures of AIS in Nazca-Desventuradas, and Chile EEZ 5 possible transshipments within Chile EEZs
NON-CORRELATED DETECTIONS (HIGH AND MEDIUM CONFIDENCE)
01-Nov-16 06-Nov-16 11-Nov-16 16-Nov-16 21-Nov-16 26-Nov-16 01-Dec-16 06-Dec-16 11-Dec-16 16-Dec-16 21-Dec-16 26-Dec-16 31-Dec-16 05-Jan-17 10-Jan-17 15-Jan-17 20-Jan-17 25-Jan-17 30-Jan-17 04-Feb-17 09-Feb-17 14-Feb-17 19-Feb-17 24-Feb-17 01-Mar-17 06-Mar-17 11-Mar-17 16-Mar-17 21-Mar-17 26-Mar-17 31-Mar-17 05-Apr-17 10-Apr-17 15-Apr-17 Number of Images 1.5 3 4.5 6 7.5 9 10.5 12 13.5 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 More Number of Detections SENTINEL 1 Sentinel-1 SAR Detections 70000 60000 50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 0 Frequency Distance from Chilean Coast (nautical miles) 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Occurance of Sentinal SAR images between Valparaiso and La Serena during the study period 01Nov16 and 17Apr17 Date
IMAGE FROM SENTINEL-1 / AIS
HEATMAPS: FISHING VESSELS (ALL)
HEATMAPS: FISHING VESSELS LOW SPEED
CONCLUSIONS The Area of interest of Desventuradas: low level of compliance (287 ships with suspicious activity) 86 ships, with possible fishing activity (Desventuradas and Chile EEZ) 18 possible transshipments (8 vessels were not visible in AIS) In Desventuradas seasonal patterns: January to May
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