To ensure additional safety of Liberian fishermen at sea, the Management of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) has announced that it will shortly begin installing a monitoring device known as the Automatic Identification System (IAS Class B)) on every canoe fishing in Liberian waters for the purpose of effective tracking in time of emergency.
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is an automated, autonomous tracking system which is extensively used in the maritime world for the exchange of navigational information between AIS-equipped terminals. It is capable of sending information such as identification, position, course, speed and more, to other ships and to shore…