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- Towards a global Fishing Vessel Ocean Observing Network (FVON): state of the art and future directionsPublication . Van Vranken, Cooper; Jakoboski, Julie; Carroll, John W.; Cusack, Christopher; Gorringe, Patrick; Hirose, Naoki; Manning, James; Martinelli, Michela; Penna, Pierluigi; Pickering, Mathew; Santos, A. Miguel P.; Roughan, Moninya; de Souza, João; Moustahfid, HassanOcean observations are the foundation of our understanding of ocean processes. Improving these observations has critical implications for our ability to sustainably derive food from the ocean, predict extreme weather events that take a toll on human life, and produce the goods and services that are needed to meet the needs of a vast and growing population. While there have been great leaps forward in sustained operational monitoring of our oceans there are still key data gaps which result in sub-optimal ocean management and policy decisions. The global fishing industry represents a vast opportunity to create a paradigm shift in how ocean data are collected: the spatio-temporal extent of ocean data gaps overlaps significantly with fishers' activities; fishing vessels are suitable platforms of opportunity to host communications and sensor equipment; and many fishing vessels effectively conduct a depth-profile through the water column in the course of normal fishing activities, representing a powerful subsurface data collection opportunity. Fishing vessel-collected ocean data can complement existing ocean observing networks by enabling the cost-effective collection of vast amounts of subsurface ocean information in data-sparse regions. There is an emerging global network of fishing vessels participating in collaborative efforts to collect oceanographic data accelerated by innovations in enabling technologies. While there are clear opportunities that arise from partnering with fishing vessels, there are also challenges ranging from geographic and cultural differences in fleets, fishing methods and practices, data processing and management for heterogeneous data, as well as long term engagement of the fishers. To advance fishing vessel-based ocean observation on a global scale, the Fishing Vessel Ocean Observing Network (FVON) aims to maximize data value, establish best practices around data collection and management, and facilitate observation uptake. FVON's ultimate goals are to foster collaborative fishing vessel-based observations, democratize ocean observation, improve ocean predictions and forecasts, promote sustainable fishing, and power a data-driven blue economy.
- Towards global traceability for sustainable cephalopod seafoodPublication . Gleadall, Ian G.; Moustahfid, Hassan; Sauer, Warwick H. H.; Ababouch, Lahsen; Arkhipkin, Alexander I.; Bensbai, Jilali; Elegbede, Isa; Faraj, Abdelmalek; Ferreiro-Velasco, Pedro; González-Gómez, Roberto; González-Vallés, Carmen; Markaida, Unai; Morillo-Velarde, Piedad S.; Pierce, Graham J.; Pirro, Stacy; Pita, Cristina; Roumbedakis, Katina; Sakurai, Yasunori; Scheel, David; Shaw, Paul W.; Veiga, Pedro; Willette, Demian A.; Winter, Andreas; Yamaguchi, TadanoriCephalopods are harvested in increasingly large quantities but understanding how to control and manage their stocks, and tracking the routes of the consumption that exploits them, lag behind what has been developed for exploiting finfish. This review attempts to redress the imbalance by considering the status of the major cephalopod stock species and the traceability of cephalopod seafood along the trade value chain. It begins with a general overview of the most important exploited cephalopods, their stock status and their market. Four major cephalopod resources are identified: the three squid species Todarodes pacificus, Dosidicus gigas and Illex argentinus; and one species of octopus, Octopus vulgaris. The techniques and problems of stock assessment (to assess sustainability) are reviewed briefly and the problems and possible solutions for assessing benthic stock such as those of octopuses are considered. An example of a stock well managed in the long term is presented to illustrate the value of careful monitoring and management: the squid Doryteuthis gahi available in Falkland Islands waters. Issues surrounding identification, mislabelling and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing are then reviewed, followed by a discussion of approaches and techniques of traceability as applied to cephalopods. Finally, some of the mobile apps currently available and in development for tracking seafood are compared. This review concludes with observations on the necessity for the strengthening and international coordination of legislation, and more rigorous standards for seafood labelling and for taxonomic curation of DNA sequences available in public databases for use in seafood identification.