Francis Jerric Candido, Rojay Flores, Percival Forcadilla
Marine Protected Areas (MPA) are conserved areas for reproduction of marine species. Conflicts in the utilization of MPAs had been a challenge for many years. Fishing activities within the MPAs are real threat for the sustainability of marine resources. In the Philippines, direct visual observation of the responsible agencies is the only method to identify the entry of fishing vessels in the MPAs. This paper presents an IoT-based system for monitoring the fishing vessels' entry in the MPA. The system uses Haversine method for computing the distance between the fishing vessel and the MPA. The distance had been classified to provide different location status to the fishing vessel and Web interface. LoRa communications module was utilized in the study and was able to transmit geographical information from the fishing vessel to the base station within few kilometers. The Web interface with Google Maps API allows the end user to remotely monitor clearly the entry of fishing vessel in the MPA. © 2019 IEEE.
MS Electronics Engineering, University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines; Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Samar State University, Catbalogan City, Philippines; ECE/ICE/MeXE Department, Batangas State University, Batangas City, Philippines
