AIFISH LLC — Department of Commerce SBIR Phase II: 9.3

AIFISH LLC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Commerce.

Amount
$649,987
Agency
Department of Commerce · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase II
Topic
9.3
Solicitation
NOAA-OAR-TPO-2023-2007785
NAICS
Place of performance
HI
Period
2023-08-01 → 2025-07-31

Description

Electronic monitoring (EM) represents a promising opportunity for fishery management of the future. Yet after nearly two decades of implementation less than 1% of the world’s fishing fleet are able to participate in these programs. Cost remains a key barrier to the implementation of these programs and the primary cost drivers are manual video review, data transmission and data storage. Our SBIR Phase I efforts have proven the feasibility of utilizing computer vision and machine learning techniques to analyze EM video with human-level accuracy and resulted in technology at technology readiness level (TRL) 5. The aim of this project is to extend and enhance our technology to a TRL 9 and begin onboarding global customers.