Digital solutions for IOTC species identification

OFCF Japan has launched a new project from JFY2024 called “WEB based tool development for identification of IOTC species” under the IOTC-OFCF project in JFY2024. In JFY2025, OFCF Japan has launched a website specialized to provide digital information and tools which enables less experienced enumerators/observers to identify correctly the IOTC species. This website contains; IOTC species photo library, IOTC species description, YouTube videos and “ID tool for IOTC species”. By combining these digital solutions, enumerators/observers would be able to conduct species identification on landing sites using their smartphones/tablets