Box 1: An example of collaborative data analyses, the case of “hackathons”
A new and interesting concept, “hackathon”, is proposed worldwide. Hackathons are time-
bound design events in which people involved in software development such as computer
programmers, graphic designers, interface designers, project managers and others often also
including subject-matter-experts, collaborate intensively to develop new software for certain
purposes.
This concept has recently been applied to fisheries management, MPAs and IUU fishing issues.
Community of software developers propose together and for free new applications for the
Ocean environment.
The French Ocean Hackathon relies on the presence in Brittany, France for many and varied
digital data related to the ocean. These data are processed and made available for free during
a week-end (last edition mid-October 2017), by well-known data providers and challenges
offered by stakeholders including the national MPA agency. In 2016, FishHackathon winners
used Internet-of-Things technology to help Fisheries and Oceans Canada solve Asian carps
spawning problems in the Great Lake. In 2004, the WWF ran a Smart Gear Competition
hackathon aimed at increasing selectivity for target fish species and reducing bycatch.
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