Observed arrival · 2026-09-15
SmartBouy Keeps an Eye on Your Lobster Pots
A Norwegian GPS buoy and companion app for tracking fishing gear, marking pots on nautical charts, logging catches, and checking sea conditions.
Field notes
SmartBouy pairs a GPS-equipped buoy with an app that displays each buoy as a chart marker, including coordinates, last signal time, and battery status. Users are meant to define a movement radius and receive a push alert when gear drifts or is moved. The planned app also combines Kartverket nautical charts with conservation-area warnings, route sequencing, weather and sea data, fishing-place details, catch history, and a calculator for estimating the value of lobster, crab, crayfish, and scallops.
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