092421 NSF Supports Island University Researchers as they Team Up to Develop Cutting-Edge Fish Identification App

Regulation, monitoring and enforcement of sustainable harvest is difficult and hinges on the ability to correctly identify species that, on the surface, look extremely similar. That’s about to change. Starting this September, scientists from Michigan State University, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and St. Anselm, New Hampshire will harness the power of genomics and an AI powered smartphone app to develop low-cost, rapid field-deployable species identification tools that will give fishers, fisheries managers, agency biologists, customs officials and seafood vendors the power to become their own piscatorial gumshoes.