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Case Study
NOAA Fisheries
Pacific Islands Regional Office
1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110
Honolulu, HI 96814
Telephone: +808 944 2200
North East Region: Bill Semrau, Northeast Division VMS Program Manager
william.semrau@noaa.gov
Client Key Facts
• Electronic forms / Electronic logbook
software installed to NOAA Requirements
• Contracts: 2007-2011
• Areas covered: United States North East,
South East and Pacific Islands Regions
• Fleet size: 2000+ vessels
• Technology: Inmarsat-C and Iridium
Client Overview
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (”NOAA Fisheries”) is the federal agency, a division of the
Department of Commerce, responsible for the stewardship of the nation's living marine resources and
their habitat.
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service is responsible for the management, conservation
and protection of living marine resources within the United States' Exclusive Economic Zone (water 3
to 200 nautical miles offshore).
Using the tools provided by the Magnuson-Stevens Act, NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service
assesses and predicts the status of fish stocks, ensures compliance with fisheries regulations and
works to reduce wasteful fishing practices.
Project Details
Absolute's electronic logbook solutions are designed to be as user friendly as possible, and operate in
conjunction with a number of leading Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) terminals on both the Inmarsat
and Iridium satellite networks.
Electronic Logbooks can reduce the paperwork burden to industry and improve regulatory compliance
by streamlining submission of catch data to the regulatory authorities. Fisheries regulations can
change frequently, so our system is designed to remotely receive updated electronic forms over-the-air,
avoiding the need to visit the vessel to manually install updates.
Absolute has provided Electronic logbooks since 2007. Our work in this field commenced with
programs in the United States NOAA Northeast Region, under the Days-at-Sea program. In 2008
Electronic forms were introduced within the Southeast Region also. In late 2010 NOAA awarded a
further contract to Absolute to cover the Pacific Islands Region - providing electronic logbooks and
catch reporting systems to the United States fishing fleet operating in the South Pacific.
The addition of this new program within the Pacific will further assist United States fishing vessel
operators in meeting their obligations to file timely notices including arrival/departure reports, catch
reports, trans-shipment reports and notice of entry to restricted fishing areas.
Our latest release, the Forms 2.0 package, marks a major upgrade to Absolute's on-board catch
reporting system.
For the first time our electronic logs are directly linked to the Absolute Fleet Information
System, used by several leading fisheries management organizations worldwide for their vessel
monitoring programs.
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Electronic logbook sample screen showing a Declared Activity
used in Northeast and Southeast Fisheries
Electronic logbook sample screen showing a catch logbook
being introduced for the Pacific Region Fisheries
Case Study
Electronic logbooks installed on over 2,000 ships
Today over 2,000 vessels use Absolute's electronic forms technology to report their catch activities to fisheries authorities - in real-time via a
Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) terminal fitted on-board each vessel.
Electronic Reporting Programs
Implemented for NOAA
Absolute Software Inc. USA/Canada: +1 617 800 9367 Asia: +66 2231 8249 Australia/NZ: +61 7 3121 3079 sales@absolutesw.com
Areas using Absolute’s electronic forms
NOAA Fisheries Regions
Areas not using electronic forms
NOAA Fisheries Northeast Region
Multi-species (groundfish), herring, monkfish, scallop, and other Special
Access Programs
NOAA Fisheries Southeast Region
Gulf, South Atlantic, Caribbean, Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
e.g; grouper, mackerel, reef fish, shark, shrimp, snapper, stone crab,
swordfish, tuna, tilefish, and more
NOAA Fisheries Pacific Region
Vessels fishing in the Pacific under US Treaty arrangements
NOAA Fisheries
Northeast Region
NOAA Fisheries
Southeast Region
NOAA Fisheries
Alaska Region
NOAA Fisheries
Pacific Islands Region
