Inmarsat and Cobham SATCOM enable Maldives fisheries sustainability with Fleet One
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
The go-ahead follows trials of Fleet One services and SAILOR Fleet One terminals from Cobham aboard 15 boats, confirming that performance exceeds specifications for a new vessel monitoring system (VMS) under the Maldives' Sustainable Fisheries Resources Development Project to improve Monitoring, Control and Surveillance in fisheries sector.
Key Points:
- The go-ahead follows trials of Fleet One services and SAILOR Fleet One terminals from Cobham aboard 15 boats, confirming that performance exceeds specifications for a new vessel monitoring system (VMS) under the Maldives' Sustainable Fisheries Resources Development Project to improve Monitoring, Control and Surveillance in fisheries sector.
- The VMS project, agreed between Maldives-based Ooredooand the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture, is funded by the World Bank.
- Fisheries is one of the main economic activities in the Maldives, second only to tourism, providing jobs to over 30% of the population.
- "The VMS project confirms the leadership role that the Maldives continues to play insustainable fishing and in sustaining the blue economy long-term,"said Maldives Fisheries Minister Zaha Waheed.