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40 st / September 2015 www.sea-technology.com visual and audible alarms for when the vessel enters forbid- den zones. Results With Astrum's solution, CONAPESCA is able to: maintain an electronic nautical mapping system with delimitations of the maritime waters; defne and monitor geofences with defned rules of operation; broadcast notifcations for emer- gencies, area restrictions, fshing in a restrict- ed zone, and connection and disconnection of devices; and track vessels that are in the water and disconnected, or not transmitting their location. "It is signifcant that CONAPESCA now has the exact location of the routes taken by the fshing vessels throughout the length of the routes, as well as the fshing zone," said Federico Sepúlveda, Astrum's maritime director. The integrated satellite terminals and communication capabilities combined with Astrum's VMS solution enable target monitoring of "suspect" vessels that are likely to commit offenses. "It also improves the data for scientifc fsheries research," Sepúlveda said. Substantial savings have been achieved through smarter operations. Now that data are organized, work redundancy has been eliminated, and the regulator can immediately de- tect irregular situations and vessels that are committing of- fenses. In addition, the government is able to identify vessels that are not operational, which allows the channelling of fnancial support only to vessels that are active. Vessel and crew safety has also signifcantly improved with the in-cab panic button and exact vessel position reports. ST Sue Rutherford is the vice president of marketing for ORBCOMM (www.orb comm.com). The company's unique combination of global satellite and cellu- lar services, coupled with state-of-the-art devices and robust Web applications, is the M2M industry's most comprehensive choice for tracking, monitoring and controlling powered and unpowered assets in key vertical markets. ORB- COMM's solutions empower customers with the tools to maximize operational effciency, increase asset utilization and improve the bottom line. on the vessel at sea. The terminal enclosure provides protec- tion against the elements (e.g., UV rays, dust and salinity) and is submersible up to 1 m. The SkyWave tracking device sends reports to the con- trol center every hour with vessel position, date, time, speed and course. It also offers the control center the ability to poll the location of a vessel at any time for monitoring. In addition to position reports, the tracking terminal sends notifcations to the control center when it is connected or disconnected from its power source. It can also be used to send text messages, as well as fshing reports. The in-cab helm panel within the vessel displays the communication status with the external satellite terminal through LEDs. The panel also has a panic button, as well as (Top) Astrum's trackers with built-in ORBCOMM satellite tech- nology are small enough to be unobtrusive on fshing vessels. (Bottom) CONAPESCA now has the exact location of fshing vessels using Astrum's vessel monitoring solution with built-in ORBCOMM satellite technology.