GIS and Remote Sensing in Fisheries Research and Management

The focus of this session are advances in science and fisheries and other coastal and marine resource management that is facilitated through geospatial data and tools, specifically through remote sensing (airborne, satellite, coastal radar, etc.) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

We seek presentations on analyses that highlight fisheries management applications, programs and activities, connectivity between different ecosystems, changes in time and in space in ecosystems, criteria for establishing marine managed or protected areas, and in general contributions toward understanding the distribution of living marine organisms relative to large-scale patterns in physical, chemical, or biological parameters or processes and human activity. The objective is to better understand the relationships between organisms and various ecosystem components, fisheries impacts, and how these tools assist management. One of the main goals of this session is to inform participants about alternative tools for managers and policy makers that incorporate real-time oceanographic observations, such as those envisioned for the Integrated Ocean Observing System.

As a novel approach, presenters are asked to provide ideas for public discussion on their requirements for the IOOS, establishing regional observing systems, products they would need from such a system, etc.

For more information, please contact the session organizers.