Market Evolution for Small-scale fisheries in Africa (MESA)

由于发展是在蓝色经济的保护伞下进行的，小规模渔民通常被忽视。“非洲小规模渔业市场演变”（梅萨）发现项目将与马达加斯加小规模渔业社区进行研究，以评估他们对综合可追溯性、跟踪、海上安全和数字海鲜“市场”平台的需求，目标是提高渔民的金融包容性。该项目将展示经济、社会、性别、通过今后在毛里求斯不同的小规模渔民社区实施，梅萨基于对联合王国和南非开发的三种现有技术和方法的整合：ABALOBI ICT“钩到煮”平台（包括一个渔获记录智能手机应用程序和数字市场系统）; Stone Three小型船舶跟踪和安全转发器，以及exactEarth Europe的低成本exactTrax / exactSeNS卫星数据通信和船舶跟踪服务。使用以人为本的设计方法，哥伦比亚渔民将确定拟议技术产品的适用性，以及他们有效利用该技术的能力。渔民将作为共同创造的参与者，确保未来的任何服务都符合目的，了解当地情况，是可持续的，并将随时被采用。

As development takes place under the blue economy umbrella, small-scale fishers are typically overlooked. The 'Market Evolution for Small-scale fisheries in Africa' (MESA) discovery project will conduct research with Mauritian small scale fishing communities to assess their need for an integrated traceability, tracking, safety at sea and digital seafood 'Marketplace' platform, with the goal of enhancing fishers' financial inclusion.The project will demonstrate the economic, social, gender, capacity and environmental benefits that could be achieved through future implementations in the diverse communities of small-scale fishers in Mauritius (and indeed other countries).MESA is based on the integration of three existing UK and South African-developed technologies and approaches: the ABALOBI ICT 'hook to cook' platform (including a Fisher catch logging smartphone app and digital Marketplace system); the Stone Three small vessel tracking and safety transponder, and exactEarth Europe's low cost exactTrax / exactSeNS satellite data communication and vessel tracking services. Using human-centred design methodologies, Mauritian fishers will determine the suitability of the proposed technological offering, and their capacity to engage usefully with the technology. Fishers will act as co-creating participants, ensuring that any future service is fit for purpose, informed by local context, is sustainable, and will be readily adopted.