Rating the Effectiveness of Fishery Closures With Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Boat Detection Data
Fishery closures are widely used to promote the sustainability of fish stocks. Fishery agencies typically have very little data relevant to planning closure enforcement actions and evaluating the effectiveness of closures, due in part to the vast expanse and remote nature of many closures. In some c...
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| author | Christopher D. Elvidge Tilottama Ghosh Kimberly Baugh Mikhail Zhizhin Mikhail Zhizhin Feng-Chi Hsu Nilo Selim Katada Wilmon Penalosa Bui Quang Hung |
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| description | Fishery closures are widely used to promote the sustainability of fish stocks. Fishery agencies typically have very little data relevant to planning closure enforcement actions and evaluating the effectiveness of closures, due in part to the vast expanse and remote nature of many closures. In some cases the effectiveness of closures can be evaluated using data from GPS based beacons, such as Automatic Identification System (AIS) or Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) installed on fishing boats. In fisheries where few boats are equipped with AIS or VMS, the rating of closures relies on other data sources capable of detecting or inferring fishing activity. One such source comes from low light imaging data collected by the NASA/NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), which can detect fishing boats using lights to attract catch. This is a widely used practice in Asia and several other regions. NOAA has developed an automatic system for reporting the locations of VIIRS boat detections with a nominal 4 h temporal latency. VIIRS boat detection alerts are running for more than 900 fishery closures in the Philippines, with email and SMS transmission modes. These alerts are being actively used in the Philippines to plan enforcement actions and there is a growing list of apprehensions that occurred based on tip-offs from VIIRS. The VIIRS boat detection archive extends back to April 2012. A VIIRS closure index (VCI) has been developed to rate the effectiveness of closures on monthly increments in terms of a percentage. The VCI analysis was performed on three types of closures: an ad hoc fishery closure associated with a toxic industrial discharge, a seasonal fishery closure and a permanent closure in restricted coastal waters. The VCI results indicate that it is possible to rank the effectiveness of different closure, year-to-year differences in compliance levels, and to identify closure encroachments which may warrant additional enforcement effort. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-867af822ebec407a81b3d6a29db924d32022-12-22T01:15:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452018-04-01510.3389/fmars.2018.00132308967Rating the Effectiveness of Fishery Closures With Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Boat Detection DataChristopher D. Elvidge0Tilottama Ghosh1Kimberly Baugh2Mikhail Zhizhin3Mikhail Zhizhin4Feng-Chi Hsu5Nilo Selim Katada6Wilmon Penalosa7Bui Quang Hung8Earth Observation Group, National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, United StatesCooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United StatesCooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United StatesCooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United StatesGeophysics Department, Russian Space Research Institute, Moscow, RussiaCooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United StatesEnforcement Division, Philippines Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Quezon City, PhilippinesNegros Occidental Provincial Environmental Management Office, Bacolod, PhilippinesCenter of Multidisciplinary Integrated Technologies for Field Monitoring, Vietnam National University of Engineering and Technology, Hanoi, VietnamFishery closures are widely used to promote the sustainability of fish stocks. Fishery agencies typically have very little data relevant to planning closure enforcement actions and evaluating the effectiveness of closures, due in part to the vast expanse and remote nature of many closures. In some cases the effectiveness of closures can be evaluated using data from GPS based beacons, such as Automatic Identification System (AIS) or Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) installed on fishing boats. In fisheries where few boats are equipped with AIS or VMS, the rating of closures relies on other data sources capable of detecting or inferring fishing activity. One such source comes from low light imaging data collected by the NASA/NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), which can detect fishing boats using lights to attract catch. This is a widely used practice in Asia and several other regions. NOAA has developed an automatic system for reporting the locations of VIIRS boat detections with a nominal 4 h temporal latency. VIIRS boat detection alerts are running for more than 900 fishery closures in the Philippines, with email and SMS transmission modes. These alerts are being actively used in the Philippines to plan enforcement actions and there is a growing list of apprehensions that occurred based on tip-offs from VIIRS. The VIIRS boat detection archive extends back to April 2012. A VIIRS closure index (VCI) has been developed to rate the effectiveness of closures on monthly increments in terms of a percentage. The VCI analysis was performed on three types of closures: an ad hoc fishery closure associated with a toxic industrial discharge, a seasonal fishery closure and a permanent closure in restricted coastal waters. The VCI results indicate that it is possible to rank the effectiveness of different closure, year-to-year differences in compliance levels, and to identify closure encroachments which may warrant additional enforcement effort.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00132/fullVIIRSDNBnighttime lightsfishery closuresrestricted coastal watersVietnam 2016 marine life disaster |
| spellingShingle | Christopher D. Elvidge Tilottama Ghosh Kimberly Baugh Mikhail Zhizhin Mikhail Zhizhin Feng-Chi Hsu Nilo Selim Katada Wilmon Penalosa Bui Quang Hung Rating the Effectiveness of Fishery Closures With Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Boat Detection Data Frontiers in Marine Science VIIRS DNB nighttime lights fishery closures restricted coastal waters Vietnam 2016 marine life disaster |
| title | Rating the Effectiveness of Fishery Closures With Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Boat Detection Data |
| title_full | Rating the Effectiveness of Fishery Closures With Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Boat Detection Data |
| title_fullStr | Rating the Effectiveness of Fishery Closures With Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Boat Detection Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rating the Effectiveness of Fishery Closures With Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Boat Detection Data |
| title_short | Rating the Effectiveness of Fishery Closures With Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Boat Detection Data |
| title_sort | rating the effectiveness of fishery closures with visible infrared imaging radiometer suite boat detection data |
| topic | VIIRS DNB nighttime lights fishery closures restricted coastal waters Vietnam 2016 marine life disaster |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00132/full |
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