Symposium om fangstidentifikasjonsteknologi

Fiskeridirektoratet inviterer til et tredje symposium om fangstidentifikasjonsteknologier i Trondheim, 3.-4. november 2026.

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Målet med symposiene er å skape en global møteplass for forvaltere, forskere, beslutningstakere, fiskerinæringen, eksportører og markedsførere for å presentere og diskutere nye og fremvoksende fangstidentifikasjonsteknologier.

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Program

3. november

Registrering: kl. 08:00 - 09:00 

Symposium åpning: kl. 09:00 

Program slutt: kl. 16:30 

Introduction to the 3rd International Symposium on Catch Identification Technologies

Hanne Hjelle Hatlebrekke, konferansier, SINTEF 
Welcome 

Frank Bakke-Jensen, Director Genera of Fisheries, The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries

TBA

Hallgrimur Helgason, forfatter 

Sesjon 1 

Emerging technologies

Seeing the unseen: Open-world Species Identification for Electronic Monitoring in Fisheries 

Mahagedara Waththe, DTU Aqua

Samitha Nuwan Thilakarathna, Ph. D Candidate 

From Controlled Capture to Verifiable Catch Records: An Open AI Image Library, 3D Edge Vision, and Selective Wireless Monitoring for Demersal Fisheries 

Josh Wiersma, Integrated Monitoring, Ph.D. 

Machine Vision solutions for Catch Monitoring 

Einar Johan Mehl, Mohn Technology, CEO 

LLM-Assisted Data Augmentation for Rare Bycatch Species 

Vasilis Minasidis, PhD candidate, University of Coimbra Portugal

SynFish: Scalable synthetic training data for automated fish species recognition  AI & Machine Vision Team
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ShrimpScan: Development and Validation of an AI-Based System for Automated Shrimp Length Estimation 

Sander Delacauw ,
Research scientist, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Wireless Connectivity as an Enabler for Automated Catch Identification on Fishing Vessels 

Sander Delacauw, 
Research scientist, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Automated Bycatch Monitoring in Pelagic Longline Fisheries Using YOLO-Based Object Detection Models 

Nina Del Rio , Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC) in Vigo, Spain

AI-powered Species Identification to Support Sustainable East African Small-Scale Fisheries 

Giacomo Gardella, NTNU

Improved detection of occluded fish in cluttered conveyor belt imagery 

Mark Fisher, University of East Anglia

Key Note: Inga Strumke 

TBA

Lunsj 
Sesjon 2 

From Technology to Operations 

From REM Implementation to AI-Assisted Catch Verification: Scotland's Approach to Pelagic Fisheries Monitoring 

Alex Eldridge, Fish Behaviour and Gear Scientist, Marine Directorate Scotland

CatchREG: Automated Catch Registration Is No Longer a Research Problem 

André Ødegårdstuen, AI Lead, Adigo

AI on board: near real-time insights for sustainable fishing 

Daniel Olhagaray,Tryo Labs / The Nature Concervacy

Collect Once, Use Many Times: Embedding Catch Identification into Onboard Processing 

Tom Rossiter, Co-Founder & CEO, CatchCam 

CamSounder: Real-time catch statistics for shrimp and bycatch 

Jarl Gunnar T. Flaten,  Researcher, Ph. D., Sintef Nord

CatchWatch-a system to estimate species and volume for fish in baskets 

Hang Zhou , University of East Anglia,

Pause
Sesjon 3 


Decision Support Tools

Beyond Control: Electronic Monitoring for Greater Flexibility and Decision Support 

Sissel Kolls Bertelsen, Phd. Candidate, DTU Aqua

Measures for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in European Fisheries 

Petter Olsen, Senior Scientist, Nofima

From AI Model to Fisheries Data: An End-to-End Execution Framework 

Raminta Stanulionyte, Senior developer / AI Lead, Anchor Lab

Flagging where fish detection models fail: label free triage for scalable automated electronic monitoring 

Axel Streit, Wageningen University & Research

From ROVs to AI-riven decission support: Smarter monitoring for sustainable coastal fisheries 

Luis Taboada Antelo, Tenured Scientist and Vice director for Research, Institute of Marine Research, Vigo

Middag kl. 19:00 

4. november

Kaffe og mingling: kl. 08:30 - 09:00 

Program start: kl. 09:00 

Program slutt: kl. 15:00 

Exhibition stand session: kl. 15:00 - 16:00
 

WelcomeHanne Hjelle Hatlebrekke, konferansier, SINTEF
Sesjon 4 

Governance, Trust and Implementation

From Technology to Governance: Automatic Catch Registration in International Fisheries Management 

Ina Helene Ahlquist, Researcher, Sintef Ocean,

From input to outcome: Rethinking fisheries governance under full catch documentation. 

Jordan P. Feekings, Head of Section / Senior Researcher, DTU Aqua

Can Electronic Monitoring Make Norwegian Fisheries More Governable? An Ethical Analysis of Stakeholder Perceptions 

Mael Manuel Bueno, Ph. D. Fellow, UiT – The Artic University of Norway

Responsible Reuse of Fisheries Data for Digital Monitoring and Traceability 

Sander Delacauw, Research Scientist, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Building Trust In Fisheries Monitoring: The Third-Party Advantage in Large-Scale REM Deployment 

Laetitia Paugam, Strategic Business Development Manager, SINAY

From Observers to AI: The Fully Documented Fisheries (FDF) Project for Validating Deep Learning in Remote Electronic Monitoring 

Angelo Mencarelli, 
Researcher, Wageningen University & Research

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Sesjon 5 

EU Initiatives and Collaboration
Every Fish Counts: The Promise and Challenge of Automatic Catch Identification 

Rachel Haug Fossbakk, Director, Sintef Ocean

Advancing CatchWAM from National Innovation to European Standardization of AI-Based Remote Electronic Monitoring 

Angelo Mencarelli, Researcher, Wageningen University & Research

A 3D Synthetic Data Framework for AI-Based Remote Electronic Monitoring in Fisheries: From Portable Fish Scanning to Photorealistic Simulation 

Angelo Mencarelli, Researcher, Wageningen University & Research

Sesjon 6 

Market, Traceability and Data Infrastructure

From Catch Identification to Verified Seafood Traceability 

Truls Bakkejord Ræder, Sintef Nord 

Trusted First Landings 

Eva Mastnak, Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications, Blue Traker

Universal Fishery IDs: A Global Standard for Seafood Traceability 

Mercedes Mendoza, Global Markets Deputy Director/Advisory Services Director, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership

Sesjon 7 

Biotechnology and Alternative Monitoring Methods

Estimating catch composition using environmental DNA in demersal fisheries samples 

Sara Maggini,DTU Aqua

Beyond the Bucket: Benchmarking eDNA Against Full-Landing Sorting for Bycatch Assessment 

Nina Strand, DTU Aqua 

Lunsj 
Avslutning 
From Pilot to Industrial Scale 

Yngve Brathaug, Commercial Adviser, Inventas

Closing remarks 

Siv June Hansen, Director of Divisio of Monitoring, Control and Compliance, The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries
 


Conference Wrap-Up
 
Hanne Hjelle Hatlebrekke, konferansier, SINTEF

Om konferansen

Havet og fiskeriressursene er livsviktige for velferden og velstanden til menneskeheten. I dag står sjømat for omtrent 20 % av det animalske proteinet i kostholdet til 3.2 milliarder mennesker. Dette understreker viktigheten av fiskeri i en global kontekst.

De viltlevende marine ressursene er fornybare, men ikke utømmelige, og bærekraftig fiskeri er en viktig del av FNs bærekraftsmål. Konsumenter, markeder og myndigheter har et økende behov for verifiserbar dokumentasjon på at fiskestammene blir høstet bærekraftig, med sporbarhet gjennom verdikjeden. Dette reflekterer viktigheten av å imøtekomme FNs mål.

For å legge til rette for etterspørselen etter verifiserbar dokumentasjon, må fremvoksende teknologier bli utnyttet og nye teknologiske løsninger må bli utviklet og implementert globalt.

Fiskeridirektoratet har tidligere avholdt to symposier om fangstidentifikasjonsteknologier i Bergen og Tromsø i henholdsvis 2022 og 2024.