[open-sustainability] Fishackathon, this weekend

[Jack Townsend]

> Global Hack Site: http://fishackathon.co/ <http://fishackathon.co/>
> London Site: http://fishackathonlondon.splashthat.com/# <http://fishackathonlondon.splashthat.com/>

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Submissions open soon
Jun 5 – 6, 2015
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Code for fish!

Fishackathon is a public-private partnership that aims to capitalize on the expansion of mobile technology use across the developing world to address sustainable fishery challenges. The annual Fishackathon event calls on coders, designers, creatives, architects, product managers, project managers, oceanographers, fishers, ichthyologist, phycologist, algologist, and beach combers from all around the world to come together to create new applications and tools for use on mobile phones, devices, and other end-solutions, which can help fishers work smarter and more safely in sustainable fishing.

You're being asked to develop a solution which addresses one of the four areas which are challenging our fisheries and oceans today:

	• Fisheries Management - drawing on science to find ways to protect fishery resources so sustainable explotation is possible.
	• Conservation - preservation, protection, or restoration of the earth's natural environment, natural ecosystems, vegetation, wildlife, and biodiversity.
	• Aquaculture - the breeding, rearing, and harvesting of aquatic plants and animals in all types of water environments for food or to enhance recreational, commercial, and ecologically-important species and habitats.
	• Traceability - ability to verify the history, location, or application of an item by means of a documented recorded identification. In particular, we are concerned with the fact that any product is manufactured or produced under safe working conditions, by workers that earn a fair wage and use methods that do not damage the environment or people.
To help you with the development of your solution, you can select one of the problem statement as a specific application of your solution. Each problem statement addresses at least one of the categories above.

Featured Problem Statements

The featured problem statements have been qualified for post-Fishackathon engagement by both the submitting party and by our expert panel. While all of the submitted problem statements qualify for the prizes, these have vetted for contunuation beyond the event itself.


15-1: "Track aquaculture feed ingredients from the original source to the harvested product"

15-6: "A tool to provide sourcing information and access to local, sustainable seafood."

15-8: "Mobile version of Marine Mammal Authorization Program Incidental Mortality/Injury Reporting Form"

15-9: "Develop a measuring board (or other system) that could automatically measure and record fish length."

15-12: "Develop an autonomous or remotely controlled Electronic Monitoring vessel specifically to address catch accountability."

15-13: "An app with all Indian Ocean applicable laws, regulations, decrees and any other formats used to combat Illegal, Unreported, & Unregulated (IUU) fishing."

15-14: "An app to trace and determine a catch's origin within the Indian Ocean."

15-19: "Build a model to analyze energy, environmental (water), and economic (E3) data for a minimum of 3 micro-hydro technologies used at aquaculture farms."

15-20: "Build a simple model to analyze the export potential of fish produced at Armenian fish farms."

15-21: "Develop a crowd/community sourced fisheries monitoring and enforcement system."

15-23: "Develop a passive visual fish recognition system for recreational fishers."

Complete Problem Statements

The following is a list of all of the problem statements submitted for the Fishackathon 2015:

15-1: "Track aquaculture feed ingredients from the original source to the harvested product"

15-2: "Monitor Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) in Western Atlantic and Caribbean"

15-3: "Recording of catch & bycatch in compliance with geographic / regional reporting requirements"

15-4: "App to monitor Aquatic Invasive Species that educates fishers, divers, and swimmers."

15-5: "Monitor fishing vessels' working conditions, in Thailand, including abuse and forced labor"

15-6: "A tool to provide sourcing information and access to local, sustainable seafood."

15-7: "An app that turns fishers, divers, swimmers and pilots into Amateur Ichthyologist"

15-8: "Mobile version of Marine Mammal Authorization Program Incidental Mortality/Injury Reporting Form"

15-9: "Develop a measuring board (or other system) that could automatically measure and record fish length."

15-10: "Fish identification, information, and monitoring app for South African recreational fishers"

15-11: "Design a tool which fishers can use to quickly ascertain the sea level rise, storm surge and flooding risks in their area."

15-12: "Develop an autonomous or remotely controlled Electronic Monitoring vessel specifically to address catch accountability."

15-13: "An app with all Indian Ocean applicable laws, regulations, decrees and any other formats used to combat Illegal, Unreported, & Unregulated (IUU) fishing."

15-14: "An app to trace and determine a catch's origin within the Indian Ocean."

15-15: "Inform fishers of all areas where chemical weapons and ammunition have been dumped in the world's oceans."

15-16: "Develop a solution that supports or goes beyond intensive monitoring and rapid response in combating Asian Carps entering the Great Lakes"

15-17: "Develop a solution which addresses the issue of Aquatic invasive species (AIS) across North America."

15-18: "Develop solutions to address seafood fraud across North America."

15-19: "Build a model to analyze energy, environmental (water), and economic (E3) data for a minimum of 3 micro-hydro technologies used at aquaculture farms."

15-20: "Build a simple model to analyze the export potential of fish produced at Armenian fish farms."

15-21: "Develop a crowd/community sourced fisheries monitoring and enforcement system."

15-22: "Develop a consumer reference application for aquaculture produced seafood."

15-23: "Develop a passive visual fish recognition system for recreational fishers."

15-24: "Create a simplified catch/bycatch data collection system for Sri Lanka."
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