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Fishing Skippers' Perceptions of Integrated Electronic Marine Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2008

Stella Mills
Stella Mills*
Affiliation:
(Staffordshire University)
*
(Email: s.f.mills@staffs.ac.uk)
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Abstract

Integrated electronic marine systems are becoming part of the numerous screens which are to be found on ships' bridges and in wheelhouses of fishing vessels. This paper continues previous work which has focussed on perceived safety aspects of integrated electronic marine systems, in particular, a small study completed within the last two years which showed that some fishing skippers had negative perceptions of integrated electronic marine systems. This present study uses semi-structured interviews with skippers in the United Kingdom fishing fleet to show that integrated electronic marine systems can be perceived as increasing safety as well as being of good value in terms of need and cost. It is possible that such perceptions are dependent on experiencing the use of integrated electronic marine systems within off-shore trawling.

Keywords

Integrated systemsmarine electronic aidspelagic trawlingusers' perceptions
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , October 2008 , pp. 643 - 654
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2008

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