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A camera used for electronic monitoring in place of a live observer. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The tanner crab fishery opened last year for the first time in the Kodiak Management Area since 2013, and some tanner crab fishermen are pushing for more thorough observer coverage in the trawl sector. This weekend at a North Pacific …

One of the cameras on board Frank Miles’ vessel. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT More and more commercial fishing vessels are using cameras for catch accounting. The cameras record activity that human reviewers then look over and analyze later. Starting in January, electronic monitoring, or EM, became an official option for small fixed gear vessels in the …