The latest publication from Alex came out at the end of 2020 in PLoS One and details the open-source, near-real-time monitoring system that was developed and tested in East Timor. It is probably the most sophisticated national monitoring system for a small-scale fishing fleet in the world, and makes summarised and anonymised data available on a public website – Shinyapp-PeskAAS.

The PeskAAS system has attracted attention from countries and organisations looking to adopt or develop similar systems. Read more about it here: