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General information
| Innovation ID | 136 |
| Version ID | 85 |
| Innovation Title | Big data technology and system (PeskAAS) to improve small-scale fisheries management in Timor Leste |
| Innovation description | A digital catch documentation system combined with tamper proof, solar powered trackers (developed by the partner Pelagic Data Systems) provided near-real time small-scale fisheries production and effort information to government fisheries managers on a decision dashboard using open-source software. |
| Reporting Staff | Alexander Tilley (WF) |
| Year (Reporting) | 2019 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Research and Communication Methodologies and Tools |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 4: uptake by next user |
| Year (Stage) | 2019 |
| Stage Description | National level uptake of the innovation by the government of Timor-Leste in May 2019 as their official fisheries monitoring system. There are approximately 5000 registered fishers, and many more seasonal and part-time fishers in Timor-Leste. |
| Next User Organization | Government |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | WorldFish |
| Top 5 contributors | Timor Leste Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, National Directorate for Fisheries and Aquaculture; Pelagic Data Systems |
Contributions and mapping
| All partners | Independent / Not associated-Private Sector; Timor Leste Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, National Directorate for Fisheries and Aquaculture-Government; WorldFish-CGIAR Center/Program (Center) |
| Main CRP | CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems |
| Flagship project | FP2-Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries |
| Cluster | FP2-1-Resilient coastal fisheries |
| Other CRPs-Flagships-Clusters | Big Data in Agriculture,MDL-3-Inspire |
Scope
| Geographic scope | National |
| Regions | |
| Countries | Timor-Leste |
Targeted outcomes
| Main Sub-IDO | Enhanced institutional capacity of partner research organizations |
| Other Sub-IDO | More productive and equitable management of natural resources |
| Other Sub-IDO |
Evidences
| Evidences | WorldFish press release, August 2019 [https://www.worldfishcenter.org/content/timor-leste-launches-world-first-monitoring-system-small-scale-fisheries] Tilley, A., Wilkinson, Shaun. PeskAAS: An automated, digital workflow to improve management of data-deficient, small-scale fisheries (in prep) [https://cgiar.sharepoint.com/sites/FISHOperations/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?cid=1d40d4ff-c0ae-48bd-b1db-65aad22baef4&FolderCTID=0x0120001E4556CB82D25248B9714287E3FCB7A9&id=%2Fsites%2FFISHOperations%2FShared%20Documents%2FK%20-%20Annual%20Reports%2F2018%20AR_Evidences%2F85-Big%20data%20system] peskAAS pipeline decision dashboard [https://worldfish.shinyapps.io/peskAAS/] Tilley, Alex, 2020, "PeskAAS - National Fisheries Monitoring System of Timor-Leste" [https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TVGIJJ] Platform for Big Data in Agriculture. 2018. An integrated data pipeline for small-scale fisheries. [https://bigdata.cgiar.org/inspire/inspire-challenge-2018/an-integrated-data-pipeline-for-smallscale-fisheries/] GMNTV News Report, August 2019 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gma3lPP-w0M] Layzell, C. 2018. Big data proposal wins 2018 Inspire Challenge. [http://blog.worldfishcenter.org/2018/10/big-data-proposal-wins-2018-inspire-challenge/] Tatoli news Agency report, Timor Leste, July 2019 [http://www.tatoli.tl/2019/07/19/timor-leste-lansa-sistema-monitorizasaun-peska-dahuluk-iha-mundu/] "Juliana López-Angarita, Kimberly Hunnam, Mario Pereira, David Mills, Jharendu Pant, Shwu Jiau Teoh, Hampus Eriksson, Lourenco Amaral, Alexander Tilley. (1/7/2019). Fisheries and aquaculture of Timor-Leste in 2019: Current knowledge and opportunities. Bayan Lepas, Malaysia: WorldFish (WF)." |
Linked Elements
| Milestones |
| Outcome Impact Case | National adoption of small-scale fisheries data system in Timor-Leste https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/d42e1c 15,690 km2 marine area under improved fisheries management through the real-time monitoring of fishing activities and catch in Timor-Leste https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/60c1ef |
| Policy | World-first monitoring system for small-scale fisheries adopted by the Timor-Leste government at a national scale https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/65a842 |