OptiFish will utilise a series of 5 pilots to test and validate the project’s onboard technologies and systems architectures in different types of fisheries throughout Europe.
Pumping
Sea: North Sea
Type of vessel: Industrial Pelagic fisheries
Technologies: EM cameras, eDNA
Focus: catch composition estimation
Number of pilot vessels: at least 4
Sorting Band
Sea: North Sea
Type of vessel: Large scale Demersal fisheries
Technologies: EM cameras, multispectral cameras, eDNA
Focus: Detection of suspicious catch handling, real time monitoring of operations and fish quality assessment
Number of pilot vessels: at least 5
Sorting Table
Sea: Baltic Sea
Type of vessel: Mid Scale Demersal fisheries
Technologies: EM cameras, robotics, eDNA
Focus: catch composition estimation, improved field of view for catch cameras and improved catch control
Number of pilot vessels: up to 5 vessels
Sorting Deck
Sea: Black Sea
Type of vessel: Small scale Demersal fisheries
Technologies: EM cameras, eDNA
Focus: test masking identities for GDPR requirements, detection of suspicious catch handling activities, catch composition estimation
Number of pilot vessels: at least 4
Direct Sorting
Sea: Bay of Biscay
Type of vessel: Artisanal fisheries
Technologies: EM cameras, eDNA
Focus: catch composition estimation, improved catch control
