Application of Electronic Monitoring in Marine Area Governance: Literature Review

Ocean Governance

Marine space is witnessing continuous changes, having implications on its ecosystem and its productive ability, a continuous source of human interest. Human dependency on the coastal and ocean for its ecosystem services and latter degradation driven by irregular exploitation is a matter of concern, which has been accelerated by issues like climate change, etc, leading to a man-made marine protection system, which in turn proved inadequate, needing an effective conservation system. In recent years, policy-makers have underscored the inadequate information on these subjects’ undermining governance efforts and sought reliable data. Thus, electronic monitoring and collection of data-supported analysis become an effective tool for the lawmakers and implementing agencies. Further, acknowledging the fact that the ocean and its species are always in motion, undermining the static conservation efforts, urging mobile marine conservation efforts. This study conducts a literature review highlighting the inadequacies of the traditional marine conservation outcomes, leading to the emergence of electronic monitoring, data analysis, etc, supporting a marine conservation system, which is again looking for a responsive mobile marine protected areas governance system.

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