June 10, 2024
Deckhand Logbook expands with 60 more boats joining program
Real-Time Data is upgrading its Deckhand logbook for the Alaska longline halibut and black cod fisheries and marketing it to other Alaska fisheries, such as Bristol Bay salmon and Southeast salmon trollers. The logbook enables fishermen to file eVTR reports by pushing a few buttons. Deckhand photo.
Lange Solberg is stoked. As Real Time Data’s (RTD) business developer in North America, he’s seen two new rounds of investment in RTD’s Deckhand logbook platform this year that will enable his team to add 60 Alaska longline boats to the 30 already using the technology. “The feedback from the first 30 boats has been great,” says Solberg. “And now in the second year of the program we’re looking to add a cohort of another 60 boats who have been either using the paper DFL or IPHC logbook…
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Paul Molyneaux is the Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.
