geofencing – Northern Latitudes Partnerships

Deploying Geofence technology in western Alaska to protect marine mammal haulouts

ABSI has helped deploy the first marine ‘geofence’ around the Pribilof Islands as a tool that can alert managers and communities when vessels greater than 300 tons (~60’ or more in length) cross into virtually-fenced areas (“geofences”) around sensitive habitats. Since July 2019, a network of concentric geofences around 14 northern fur seal haulouts on the[…..]