Implementing Electronic Monitoring (EM) Governance for RFMO-Managed Fisheries

Effective implementation of electronic monitoring programs at scale requires a clear, well-thought-out governance design to ensure success from a regional fisheries management organization perspective. There are several options and many choices to be made about governance design and implementation, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach. To support regional fisheries management organizations in their decision-making, World Wildlife Fund—through funding provided by the Global Environment Facility under the Common Oceans program—has produced a technical resource document intended to help decision-makers understand their choices and options and highlight key decision points relating to electronic monitoring governance that stakeholders will need to address.

The following brief provides an overview of the technical resource document, as well as a decision matrix intended to help program designers make the best structural and operational choices based on their specific requirements and circumstances.