On March 26, 2025, ELI held a workshop in Nassau on Advancing Fisheries Management in The Bahamas through Data Tools and Technology. The workshop built upon the work of ELI’s Ocean Program in Latin America and the Caribbean, including a 2024 virtual convening on Strengthening Fisheries Management with Data Tools and Technology: Report on a Caribbean-wide Virtual Event.
The workshop in The Bahamas specifically focused on: 1) combatting illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing; 2) use of electronic reporting, electronic monitoring, and seafood traceability tools; and 3) assessing ecosystem health. The workshop participants represented a diverse set of Bahamian governmental agencies, fisher organizations, and local and international NGOs. Technology providers and users were also present at the event. This Report contains a summary of the information presented at the event, including information about different types of technologies and how they help advance various goals of fisheries management, types of technologies that have been piloted in The Bahamas, and takeaways from workshop discussions about those types of technologies. Final insights and a discussion of potential future directions conclude the Report.