Smart FishersNATIONAL PLATFORM
Canoe on a Vanuatu lagoon at dusk

Nabanga Intelligence Solutions Ltd · Vanuatu Fisheries Department

National Integrated Fisheries Digital Platform

Country mo Gavman I stap wetem you

Smart Fishers logs the landing. Electronic Monitoring names the fish. The tabu is a drawn line. Trade heat is kilograms. One monthly letter. The Vanuatu Fisheries Data Hub governs it. VFD desks act.

Pain points, dressed

  • One Hub. Landings, cases and CBFM sit together.Dresses: Fragmented records
  • The landing is on the officer desk the same morning.Dresses: Late visibility
  • Electronic Monitoring names the fish, the colour and the kilograms.Dresses: Guesswork at the scale
  • Every observation has a case number and a close.Dresses: Lost MCS follow-up
  • Fair weight, grade by colour, proof of landing. The buyer sees the same fish.Dresses: What’s in it for the fisher?
  • Tabu is a drawn line. The monthly letter sits on the same phone.Dresses: Spoken tabu, paper news
  • Vanuatu-controlled Hub. Classified marts only.Dresses: Unclear data ownership
Canoe on a Vanuatu lagoon at duskWomen selling fish at Port Vila marketNi-Vanuatu men in an outrigger canoeYoung fisher in a banana boat, VanuatuBoy fishing on Port Vila lagoonMan paddling an outrigger in Port VilaNi-Vanuatu man with a mobile phonePort Vila market, Vanuatu

For the fisher

What’s in it for me?

Electronic Monitoring names the fish before the buyer speaks. Fair weight, colour grade and proof of landing sit on the same record the officer sees.

  • What fish is this?

    EM reads the photo: species first, not a guess at the stall.

  • What is it worth today?

    Colour and grade sit next to the kilograms. Fresh silver is not the same as dull brown.

  • Will I be short-weighed?

    The estimate is written to the Hub before the buyer speaks. Officer and fisher see the same number.

  • Does anyone know I landed?

    Fisher ID, site and time. Proof you can show. Names stay with VFD.

  • Where is the tabu?

    On the Sea map. The same line the committee and the officer see.

A dashboard alone will not solve the fisheries challenge. The Ministry needs a trusted data flow: field, Hub, analytics, action.

Vanuatu Fisheries Data Hub

Pilot

Start small but real. Tafea landings first.

  • 8

    Pilot fishers on the registry

  • 5

    Landing records in the Hub

  • 62

    Kilograms this window

  • 0

    Names leaving Vanuatu control

Desks

Each desk sees what it is allowed to see.

Ni-Vanuatu man with a mobile phone

Smart Fishers

Meriam Nari, Lenakel. The phone in the hand.

Morning pack. Officer messages. Catch log that writes to the Hub. GPS for tabu and FAD. Drawn tabu on Sea. Monthly letter. CBFM rules. MCS cases. Electronic Monitoring on the catch. Fisher ID FS-3302.

Use Smart Fishers

Smart Fishers

Meriam Nari

FS-3302

Morning pack

Work the landing in front of you. The country is counting on the catch you already have.

Working-person quote

Devotion

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters.

Morning devotion · Vanuatu Christian Council

Country mo Gavman I stap wetem you

Showers, Lenakel. Good handline morning. Imanaka tabu still closed.

Pain points

The distance we close.

Before

Fishergap
Officergap
VFDgap
Bankgap
Market

With the National Integrated Fisheries Digital Platform

Fisher
Officer
VFD
Bank
Market

One Fisher ID. One landing. One drawn tabu. One monthly letter. Classified marts to each desk. Electronic Monitoring names the fish before the buyer speaks.

System flow

Field. Hub. Action.

Field

  • Smart Fishers
  • Tabu map
  • Monthly letter
  • MCS observation

Hub

  • Bronze raw
  • Silver clean IDs
  • Gold marts
  • Owners and lineage

Action

  • VFD desks
  • Trade heat
  • Market marts
  • EM catch record

Build path

Pilot first. Then scale.

  1. 01

    Pilot / MVP

    Tafea landings. Tabu map. First letter.

  2. 02

    Phase 1

    CBFM polygons, officer tasks, market heat

  3. 03

    Phase 2

    MCS analytics, food security, M&E

  4. 04

    Phase 3

    National products. Controlled APIs.

Open the Tafea pilot