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MD Blue Crab Design Team member and active EM pilot project participant, David Kirwin, uses a tablet to submit daily harvest reports from his boat
Photo Credit: Ward Slacum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Discussion about innovation, trends and shortfalls in fisheries monitoring tends to focus on large, off-shore fisheries in New England, Alaska and the Pacific.\u00a0 Those regions are home to multi-species fisheries, with complex biological interactions, and are targeted by large boats that result in sizeable discards of \u201cnon-target\u201d fish.\u00a0 Monitoring technologies, both human and electronic, are essential to reduce this waste.\u00a0 Smaller scale fisheries, however, have just as much need for improved electronic monitoring and accountability measures.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, blue crab is the most valuable fishery in the Chesapeake Bay.\u00a0 And it\u2019s about as complex as they come.\u00a0 More than 7,000 watermen deploy small boats from thousands of waterfront access points and are regulated by three different management jurisdictions, all of which use antiquated reporting systems.<\/p>\n

As reported on this blog before<\/a>, commercial crabbers in Maryland have tested mobile technologies<\/a>, like smart phones and tablets, to report and verify daily harvest.\u00a0 In 2012 and 2013, volunteers used these various technologies and provided constructive feedback to Maryland\u2019s Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) to improve its monitoring and reporting system.\u00a0 Overall, participants in the two-year pilot are pleased with mobile technology tools and the web-based reporting platform, which along with dockside spot checks, have improved reporting accuracy and timeliness, according to fisheries managers.\u00a0 As part of the 2013 pilot, fisheries managers offered limited regulatory flexibility for pilot volunteers in order to encourage participation and demonstrate how improved accountability can lead to streamlined regulations.<\/p>\n

In Virginia, crabbers are embracing electronic harvest accountability, thanks to participants in Maryland\u2019s first pilot who traveled to Virginia to discuss their experiences and success. Since then, Virginia\u2019s Blue Crab Industry Panel has partnered with Virginia Sea Grant, EDF and Virginia\u2019s Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) to alert Virginia watermen about how to utilize an existing web-based reporting platform. In only a few months, VMRC noted an increase in online-based reports from watermen.<\/p>\n

Without the efforts of the commercial crabbing industry in both states, accountability improvements may not have been made.\u00a0 Chesapeake watermen are proving that they are problem solvers by nature, are invested in their fishery and willing to adopt new measures to modernize harvest reporting.<\/p>\n

As crabbers in both Maryland and Virginia demonstrate success with electronic monitoring and harvest accountability, there is little doubt that such measures will spread to other fisheries within the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding states.\u00a0 And that\u2019s good for watermen who save time and gain flexibility; fisheries managers who can make more informed and timely decisions; and scientists who receive more reliable data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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