New deepwater fish traps in the UAE called gargoor will be equipped with GPS, underwater cameras and sensors to reduce lost harvest amid dwindling fish stocks, officials said on Tuesday.

Rolled out as part of UAE Innovation Week, a prototype Smart Gargoor – the first national electronic fish trap system of its kind in the world – was unveiled in Dubai by Dr Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahd, Minister of Environment and Water.

Tracking modern UAE gargoor should improve commercial fishing considerably and protect fish as fewer fish traps will be lost to the deep and their quarry with them.

The smart gargoor is powered with its own independent mobile battery. Data is collected in real time and is sent automatically to the Environment Ministry as well as to the fishermen on the surface who can use their smartphones or laptops via an app to precisely count how many fish are in the trap.

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