Abalobi

Through the development of an integrated small-scale fisheries information-management system and mobile app suite, the ABALOBI initiative aims to enable small-scale fishers to drive and be integrated into information and resource networks – from fishery monitoring and maritime safety to local development and market opportunities.

–Catch log & analytics – Fishers record various oceanic, atmospheric and fisheries parameters as part of their daily logbook, and utilize dashboards to visualize their data

–Data share & export – Fishers own their data but can share with various fisheries stakeholders

–Personal accountant – Overview of income & expenditure within dashboards

–Safety-at-sea system – Navigational, weather prediction and SOS functionalities using mobile phone and VMS integration

–Info hub – Latest fishing regulations, notices and management meeting outcomes

–Catch reporting – Rendering community catch monitoring more effective using tablet-based technology

–Analytics – Dashboards of data collected, per fisher and landing site

–Fisheries analytics – Dashboards of community catch monitoring data for government managers and fisher data for local co-management committee members, as selectively shared by fishers

–Co-op accounting & auditing – Collective accounting package for payment of members, and fleet income and expenditure calculations. –Traceability of sales – Traceable slowfish. By linking with fisher data from ABALOBI FISHER, sales of catches can be linked to origin

–Member management – Skipper, crew member, fleet and processing establishment licensing and auditing are kept up to date, with renewal alerts

–Integration with FinTech & InsureTech – Integration with online banking and invoicing platforms. Possibility for co-operatives to leverage collective insurance schemes

–Virtual market live mapping – Live catch-of-the-day posted by fishers and co-operatives. Real-time spatial and catch data

–Market prices & trends – Transparent product pricing and trends, based on posts and sales, available to fishers and retailers

Provided by Abalobi team at no cost during pilot phase

Not Applicable

As a part of the pilot program – Monitors 240 entries; Fishers more than 1000 entries

– All the lobster catch for 3 sites: 16 tons

– More than 7000 yellowtail by monitors, 8 ton caught by local fishers

– More than 40 different species

– White mussel not recorded by monitors

– 10 000 Snoek in last month in Nothern Cape

– 8 ton of mullet from trek-net

Not applicable