ELogs Implementation of Electronic Fisher Logs an Australian

E-Logs Implementation of Electronic Fisher Logs an Australian Perspective Bob Stanley

E-Logs, drivers for the project its past history • The Commonwealth Electronic Transactions Act 1999 and the Government Online Strategy of April 2000 • AFMA commenced investigation and development of e-Log options in 2002. • Olfish (vendor) and some south east trawl operators express interest in going to electronic logbooks in 2002. • NPF operators and Catchlog (vendor) wished to go electronic in 2005. • Formation of Fisheries Information Branch and additional resourcing for e-Logs 2007 08. With the first RFQ March 2008 • March 2009 AFMA’s first operational client facing electronic business application goes operational.

E-logs, the consultative process • Everyone has a view , a concern or an issue. • Redefine problems into those issues that are between the boat and the data base as opposed to those related to who accesses the data. • Solutions to those concerns between fisher and the data base are technical. • Concerns related to access become the province of policy. • Your data entry people have the best perspective on many elements and should be part of the consultative and business analysis processes.

E-logs, the technical • Define the data needs. • Define the agency needs. • XML or other formats. • Business analyst defines the work and the use cases. • Web based and email for logbook submission • Apply business rules at two levels. • Build and test

Parallel e-Business Developments Go. Fish Authorised agents PIECES Current fishing entitlement E-CDR Linkages required for other AFMA business and potentially traceability E-Monitoring Linkage at trip level required. Observers Link at trip level.

A Two Fishery Comparison Northern Prawn • Approximately 50 working boats with daily effort and catch reporting. • Logbook budget 10/11 $12, 144 • Logbook budget 11/12 $11, 122 • E-Logs take up 86% ETBF • Approximately 45 working boats with daily (1 shot per day) reporting. • Logbook budget 10/11 $93, 986 • Logbook budget 11/12 $86, 068 • E-Logs take up 2% Proposition If there were to be 85% or 100% take up of a “lite e-Logs” software by ETBF operators at $500 each there is a potential $1, 800 saving in their levy in the following year. E-Logs is a more equitable option for fishers.

E- logs, 2011 and further Priorities for AFMA • Improved fisher acceptance and participation. • Development of incentives and other mechanisms to encourage greater uptake. • Outreach program to improve the timeliness of returns. • 42 determinations are in sync with software certification. Concerns and risks • Software vendor support competence. • The intuitiveness and user friendliness of the on vessel software Changes that require further AFMA development • NPF logbook requirements possibly changing. • The integration with CDR’s, Observer, VMS and e-Monitoring data streams.