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Address: Cottingham, GB
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Underwater monitoring solutions for and . Underwater monitoring solutions for commercial fishing and marine research.

At CatchCam Technologies, we provide camera systems and advanced sensors designed for data collection in challenging underwater environments. Get in touch: [email protected]

24/06/2026

"We have no exact way of knowing what our nets are doing”.

That’s how Tom Robertson, skipper of Brighter Hope (LK 98), described the challenge, one shared by many.

Working with the Shetland Fishermen (SFPO), Tom trialled CatchCam to monitor his trawl gear setup.

The goal wasn’t just to test the new kit, it was about answering a basic but critical question:

👉 Is our gear fishing the way we think it is?

With CatchCam, Tom could see the full tow from start to finish. The underwater footage clearly showed that the gear was towing square and also firmly on the bottom.

“Well, the video put my mind at ease,” shares Tom.

Check out the full set up and access more underwater footage from this deployment: https://buff.ly/mRSNlnF

Scottish Fishermen's Federation

18/06/2026

For six years, parts of California's Dungeness crab fishery were effectively closed due to whale entanglement risk.

In 2025, ropeless gear helped reopen it.

Now the same technology is being tested in offshore lobster fisheries.

Where instead of surface buoys and vertical lines, the trap sits on the seabed until the fisherman sends an acoustic signal to release it.

What you're watching below is the pot descending and the mechanism deploying underwater, recorded by a camera during trials in California with Sustainable Seas Technology, Inc. and Guardian Ropeless .

Access more footage from this deployment here: https://buff.ly/mnIsg7v

17/06/2026

Ready to see our tech up close?

We're at Aquaculture UK in Glasgow, Scotland. And, showcasing the latest features and technology.

Come by stand H94 if you're around!

16/06/2026

36 days underwater. One battery charge.

That's what scheduled recording made possible during a long-term deployment in Largs, Scotland.

Instead of filming continuously, the system recorded 5-minute clips, three times a day.

That means less power. Less storage. Less maintenance. And still enough footage to track meaningful ecological change over more than a month.

The full deployment breakdown covers what worked, how, and the underwater footage recorded with CatchCam: https://buff.ly/oFwsf3z

Cairnies Quay Mooring Association

11/06/2026

36 Days Underwater in Scotland ⬇️

The seabed looked almost empty when we deployed our camera system in Cairnie's Quay, Scotland.

No rocks. No visible structure. Just constant movement from waves and sediment.

36 days later, things started shifting:

"Seaweed began collecting around the frame. Small fish appeared. Then shrimp, hermit crabs, velvet crabs and larger brown crabs moved in. You could see an ecosystem slowly building itself up," recalls Tom.

What started as a technical trial turned into something a front row seat to an ecosystem forming in real time.

Access all the footage from this deployment: https://buff.ly/oFwsf3z

The deployments were carried out in partnership with Cairnies Quay Mooring Association .

09/06/2026

CatchCam cameras are built for fishing.

But sometimes they end up somewhere unexpected.

Last year we joined the Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project to help track one of the UK's rarest freshwater animals, Lophopus crystallinus, also known as Crystal Moss.

These tiny colonial creatures live in chalk streams and are so rare that after a year and a half of searching, the team only found one population at Belton Park in Lincolnshire.

So, how do you monitor something that small, in that environment?

"Being able to film them will not only help us learn more about their life cycle traits but also allow us to measure the success of any future translocations," shares Sarah Teasel, Project Officer.

The answer turned out to be a short-focus camera setup.

Project funded through Natural England Species Recovery Programme.

If you'd like to learn more about these tiny colonies, reach out to Sarah or visit the Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project for updates.

County Council

08/06/2026

World Ocean Day is a good reminder that looking after our oceans takes all of us working together.

This year has been all about working with great partners and sharing knowledge across the fisheries and communities.

Together, we are...

Helping skippers see if their gear is sitting properly on the seabed, so they waste less fuel and catch what they're targeting.

Capturing footage that shows how how undersized fish escape a trawl net, leading to better escape panel design.

Supporting projects, giving scientists a window into marine life that is otherwise difficult to observe.

Deploying CatchCam on traps and trialling innovative gear types as the industry looks at new ways to fish sustainably.

And we're spending lots of time talking with fishermen, scientists, regulators, and industry groups about the future of fisheries and the challenges ahead.

A big thank you to everyone who's collaborating with us. None of it would be possible without your support, ideas, and willingness to try something new!

The Cornish Fish Producers' Organisation Shetland Fishermen Fishing into the Future Catch Welfare Platform Sustainable Seas Technology, Inc.
Seafood Matters Podcast Schmidt Marine Technology Partners Marine Institute - Foras na Mara Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Ireland's Seafood Development Agency

05/06/2026

Demersal trawl descending as it get ready to tow ⬇️

Recorded aboard the 67-metre Newfoundland Lynx, this footage shows the shrimp grid as the gear descends, helping the crew identify and resolve issues quickly while the gear was in use.

"Having the camera onboard changes how the crew sets up the gear. We could see exactly what was happening and fix it before the next tow”, shared skipper Darryl Kelly.

Access more CatchCam footage from this deployment here: https://buff.ly/yWqr5L0

Hampidjan Canada LTD.

04/06/2026

We just wrapped up two weeks in New Zealand, finishing with the
New Zealand Federation of Commercial Fishermen Inc annual conference.

"What struck me was the willingness to listen and learn. There was a real hunger to look outside New Zealand and share information, but it is very difficult", shares Tom Rossiter.

The challenges facing commercial fishermen in NZ are not so different from those facing fleets here in the UK.

Regulatory pressure. The need for better data.

What gives us confidence is that the appetite for change is there!

Seafood New Zealand Fishing into the Future UK Women in Fisheries

02/06/2026

9 months of hard work to make this happen.

The task: fit a CatchCam camera inside a FloMo, transmit live images wirelessly from the codend back to deck, and finally, give the crew control to open the codend remotely.

So if there is something down there you don't want to bring onboard, you can release it.

Mission accomplished!

A big well done to Chris Lewis, Ian Wightman, Ulf Lundvall, Martin de Beer and the FloMo team, and to Glen Aspin and the team at Plant & Food Research.

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