From the Editor: Onboard AI
Could artificial intelligence soon play a substantial role when it comes to counting catch and bycatch onboard commercial fishing vessels?
Well, it might not be right around the corner, but it’s something that appears to be on the horizon.
A startup co-founded by three people -- two former University of British Columbia students and one from Dalhousie University -- is working on a monitoring system that uses video and artificial intelligence to better calculate catch and bycatch for commercial fishing boats.
The startup, called OnDeck Fisheries AI, is the brainchild of former UBC students Alexander Dungate and Sepand Dyanatkar, along with ex-Dalhousie student Matthew Leighton. Alexander holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science + Biology from the University of British Colu...