High-quality fisheries intelligence
The JAC identifies, collects, collates and integrates a wide array of information, technology and datasets to provide actionable fisheries intelligence. This enables maritime authorities to target monitoring, control, surveillance and enforcement efforts where the risks are highest, including warning port authorities before the arrival of a vessel suspected of illegal activity or alerting air and sea patrols of suspicious activities. JAC offers technical assistance and capacity development complemented by our free-to-access cutting-edge tools.
What We Do
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What We Do
Monitoring, control and surveillance capacity building
The JAC provides national fisheries agencies and other partners with technical assistance and capacity development to access, understand and use available technology platforms, datasets and MCS mechanisms effectively. JAC MCS technical assistance and capacity development is needs-driven and targeted to ensure sustainable outcomes that strengthen national and regional capacity for the long-term.
Intelligence support
The JAC identifies, collects, collates and integrates data and information to provide actionable fisheries intelligence.
This supports the effective targeting of Monitoring Control and Surveillance (MCS) and enforcement efforts where the risks are highest. Bringing together a team of expert analysts from across the member organizations, the JAC provides intelligence on fishing vessels and operations - from activities at sea to ownership networks on land - tailored to a range of MCS use cases.
The JAC has focused on strengthening the implementation of Port State Measures by providing national agencies with the ability to identify and assess suspected illegal activity of vessels wanting to enter their national ports. The JAC also provides significant support to air and at-sea surveillance operations and patrols by providing analysis of at-sea activities.
Data and technology
The JAC tailors maritime agency support to integrate the tools already in place for MCS, however JAC members have also developed a range of free-to-access tools that form the foundation of our capacity building efforts.
JAC training seeks to maximize the impact of any datasets and platforms that partners use, empowering them with the skills to create in-depth and robust analyses for operational use. The JAC is continually developing new tools, capabilities and approaches to ensure continued effective support.
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Partnership development
The JAC is built on collaboration. The members draw on the strength of their existing relationships and networks to develop new partnerships with national agencies and regional organizations, NGOs , technology providers, and others with shared goals.
