We collaborate with fishing companies and organisations such as The Nature Conservancy, Island Conservation Society or Seychelles Fishing Authority to prevent and avoid the impact of FADs (fish aggregating devices) on coastal ecosystems. With the GPS feature of our buoys, as well as oceanographic tools for currents and drifting objects, we assist in locating and collecting FADs before they reach the shore.

Thanks to the work of scientists and the involvement of the fishing industry, we are getting more and more information about ocean currents and their effect on surface-floating objects. We provide data and tools to research institutes such as the Pacific Community (SPC), the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to track and study drifting marine mammals, derelict fishing gear or marine debris.

Since 2020, we have been promoting collaboration between the Pacific Community (SPC) and the fishing industry to enable tuna tagging in the Pacific Ocean. The success of these expeditions has significantly increased since the beginning of this partnership, and over 14.000 una have been tagged in two years. Read more about this collaboration and the PTTP here (https://tagging.spc.int/).

We lead the transition towards the use of Electronic Monitoring (EM), coordinating numerous pilot projects in various fleets, countries and oceans together with NGOs such as The Nature Conservancy or the FAO. The provision of robust, reliable and continuous catch data through these systems has allowed a better understanding of the work of fishermen and an assessment of their impact on fish stocks.