Fish-X Project Structure
The Fish-X project is co-funded by the EU and consists of different work packages and deliverables that are being carried out by the respective consortium partners of the project. There are eight work packages in the project that will be conducted until the end of the project in May 2025.
WP1
Project Management-
This work package deals with the coordination and management of the project, adhering to internal and external reporting obligations, delivering the project within budget and planned timeline by managing risks and ensuring clear communication between all consortium partners and project stakeholders.
WP2
Assessment, Roadmap-
This work package deals in continuous stakeholder consultation, engaging with key fisheries agencies, advocacy with governmental departments, international fisheries bodies, and industry organisations to establish MCS, digital transition and needs on all sides, including engaging with SSF and recreational fisheries stakeholders.
WP3
Fish-X (Fisheries DataSpace)-
This work package deals in development of prototype, testing it, and developing the novel fisheries Dataspace: Fish-X.
WP4
Insight Platform-
This work package deals in development and exploitation of the Insight Platform. The Insight Platform is hosted in the cloud, and delivers a general of Small-Scale Fishing activities from vessels taking part to the Fish-X demos in Ireland, Portugal and Croatia. It illustrates how SSF could become more visible by sharing statistics about their vessels’ locations and fishing effort. The Insight Platform uses artificial intelligence to convert vessels tracks into apparent fishing effort.
WP5
MCS Use Cases-
This work package deals in the testing of the Insight Platform and associated hardware on fishing vessels in three different locations with a range of actors.
WP6
Traceability Application-
This work package deals in development of an MVP traceability platform for fisheries products based on existing developed blockchain traceability platform for sustainability and engaging the supply chain actors in the process.
WP7
Dissemination, Exploitation, and Communication-
This work package deals in dissemination, exploitation and communications activities including events management, website and social media channels management, engagement with key actors identified for the project such as Private Sector (SSF and recreational fisheries), Public Sector (policymakers, regulators, industry associations), Scientific and Research Institutes, and Civil Society (media and general public).
WP8
Ethics Requirements-
This work package deals in ensuring compliance with the 'ethics requirements' set out in this project since ethics compliance is the utmost responsibility of all the partners involved in the project.
