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exactEarth Announces Small Vessel Tracking Contract with the Government of Ghana

By [email protected] - 21st September 2016 - 14:51

exactEarth Ltd. has been selected by the Fisheries Commission for the Government of Ghana, for the provision of Satellite AIS data services as well as a small vessel tracking solution. The contract will enable Ghana to acquire the technology necessary to monitor its expansive coastlines and deter illegal fishing in its national waters. Along with a comprehensive Satellite AIS data feed, exactEarth will provide 450 Class B AIS transceivers to be installed on inshore fishing vessels which will be tracked via satellite utilising exactEarth’s exactTraxTM small vessel tracking technology. In order to address the rampant Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing around Ghana’s Exclusive Economic Zone, this small vessel tracking solution will gain access to detailed fishing vessel positions and movement analysis services through the exactEarth ShipView™ platform. www.exactearth.com