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Comms, Telemetry Data Processing ability to make a living,” said Thompson. “I think the ? shing measures the size of the ? sh industry will accept and welcome these sorts of apps. We also caught and identi? es if the in- found that these days’ data is widely shared and people get dividual is undersized.

excited when their data is being used. So, when it comes to the Fishackathon has an inter- sharing of data we’ve had no problems. The biggest issues we esting series of partners on might encounter are if ? shing vessels are turning off the GPS board including IBM with a locators so they aren’t found where they shouldn’t be – this focus on the data aspects and will be a dif? cult issue to address at future events.” the Economist, London. Vir- mFish is another initiative launched in partnership from the gin is also a partner of Fish-

U.S Department of State using mobile services to provide real ackathon 2016 and donated a time information that allows communication between ? sher- $10,000 global award to be presented to the winning team.

men, managers, the seafood industry and families while out at The growing recognition to the importance of actively re- sea. The program also focuses on developing mobile apps for building over? shed stocks are encouraging the formation of ? sherman, enabling them to report illegal ? shing and to get non-traditional collaborations. Innovation is key to ? nding noti? cations of other apps that are being developed through modern solutions to addressing these global concerns. With

Fishackathon. the ever-strengthening prioritization of international govern-

An example of one such software developed from Fishack- ments and the industries willingness to better manage ocean athon last year was KnowFish – know what you’re catching. resources, long-term sustainability is an increasingly realis-

The app lets the user take a picture of the ? sh using a mobile tic future. phone, checks the image against the database and helps to “The mobile app development is important but equally im- identify the species. Other examples include software which portant is informing the public that oceans are in trouble and

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