OPINION:
New Zealanders have always been innovators.
From Māori waka designs that made them the best sailing vessels of their age, to Sir Ernest Rutherford's groundbreaking nuclear physics discoveries in 1899, to Rocket Lab representing one of the leading aerospace firms on the planet today, New Zealand consistently punches above its weight in the technology space, and, as a result, often serves as a beacon for the rest of the world.
Technology has constantly brought about massive changes in the way we work, play, eat, and even interact as a society. Now, one of our oldest industries, fishing, is about to fundamentally change with the rollout of new technology: cameras on boats.
This week, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) announced which vendor will be used to implement camera monitoring. This initiative will help secure sustainability of our fisheries through a combination of state-of-the-art cameras, software, and, in a world-leading first, unprecedented applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML).