Fisheries Innovation Scotland

FIS is a coalition of experts driving strategic innovation for a prosperous and sustainable UK seafood industry. FIS is developing Smartrawl, a solution to wasteful and illegal fish discards. Invented by Professor Paul Fernandes at Heriot-Watt University, Smartrawl takes the next steps in AI technology to allow skippers to retain only their target catch. The in-water sorting device has three components: a stereo camera taking images of fish and other animals in the trawl; an AI computer to determine species and size of animals; and a gate controlled by the computer to catch or release animals.