“We supply buoys for longliners, but as these don’t go far from their lines. These work with our MSB Palangre software for surface lines or MSB Casea for demersal longlining.

“There’s no need for satellite technology and so these use radio signals for tracking, which is a more cost-effective option with no communication costs.” explained Gildas Bodilis, commenting that the purse seiners require a more sophisticated set of options to cover a wider area and also to gather a great deal more data.

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