The Waitt Institute is heading up the Barbuda Blue Halo Initiative, a project that involves a comprehensive ocean plan for sustainable fisheries. SeaSketch is being used to developing the zoning plan that includes no-take sanctuaries, mooring and anchorage zones and no-net zones. Check out this video posted by Ayana Johnson that includes footage of SeaSketch being used in the field.
This week, we used SeaSketch extensively in over cellular networks on the Island of Barbuda. It worked like a charm. People often ask what kind of bandwidth is required to run SeaSketch. It's a web-based platform, so how does this work in places that don't have ethernet or cable networks? We put it to the test this week when we met with stakeholders in Barbuda, where we consistently operated SeaSketch over a cellular network.
Read MoreOn October 1, 2013, Stakeholders gathered at the Fisheries Complex in Barbuda to draft a marine spatial plan, including no-take sanctuaries and mooring areas around the island. Borrowing draft proposals and concepts for no-take sanctuaries and mooring areas developed by individual stakeholders, representatives from the Fisheries Department and the National Parks Department, a stakeholder group worked to refine a comprehensive marine spatial plan for Barbuda's waters, from the shoreline out to 3 nautical miles.
Read MoreOn August 16, 2013, the Barbuda Council used SeaSketch to visualize and analyze geospatial information about the distribution of resources and human activities in and around the 3 nm boundary of Barbuda waters.
Read MoreThe McClintock Lab is located at the University of California Santa Barbara, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
