PeskAAS: A near-real-time, open-source monitoring and analytics system for small-scale fisheries

Abstract

11Small-scale fisheries are responsible for half of the global fish catch, and fisheries-dependent data 12 underpin scientific guidance of management and conservation, yet we have almost no data on their 13 activities and production over time and space. We use open source software components including 14 the Shiny R package to build peskAAS, an adaptable and scalable digital workflow to collate, classify, 15 integrate, analyse and visualise small-scale fisheries data. The main features of peskAAS are: (i) it is 16 fully open-source and free to deploy and use (ii) it is component-based to be flexible for integration 17 of vessel tracking data and existing catch documentation elements; (iii) it provides spatial and 18 temporal filtering of relative fishing productivity by fishing method and habitat (iv) it integrates 19FishBase open-source and regularly updated species-based growth parameters (v) the end user click-20 button dashboard is specifically co-designed for easy interpretation of fisheries production data. With 21 limited training and code adaptation, the peskAAS workflow can be deployed for use by fisheries 22 stakeholders, managers and scientists as a platform for high resolution, near-real-time production 23 data from small-scale fisheries for the first time. 24