Peskas™ - Open-source digital platform for small-scale fisheries

Years of operation

Countries active

+0k

Fishing trips tracked

Tonnes of catch recorded

Transforming fisheries management
across Asia and Africa

From Timor-Leste to East Africa, Peskas helps partners collect, verify, and visualize small-scale fisheries data so communities and agencies can act on evidence.

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Timor-Leste

The flagship implementation of Peskas since 2016, officially adopted as the national fisheries monitoring system in 2019. In partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Peskas has collected over 59,000 fishing trips and 298 tonnes of catch data, enabling the first national fisheries production estimates and supporting evidence-based policy development for sustainable small-scale fisheries management.

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Bring Peskas to your fishery

Tell us about your context and goals. We'll respond with a tailored setup plan and timelines.

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Open and modular

Open-source code, modular services, and clear standards so you can adapt Peskas to your fishery.

Built with partners

Co-designed workflows that layer onto existing systems and capacity instead of replacing them.

Peskas Tracks: a digital window into small-scale fishing trips

Built by WorldFish through the Asia-Africa BlueTech Superhighway, Peskas Tracks is a mobile and web app that fishers install to pair vessel tracking with their own catch reports, making movements, productivity, and safety visible in near real time.

What fishers and managers see

Live and offline trip logging: position, route, speed, time at sea
Trip heatmaps by day, week, or month with effort summaries
Catch entries linked to trips for a full record of effort and catch
Password-protected data per vessel; English, Portuguese, Swahili interfaces

Pilots and impact

100+ fishers across Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique
Heatmaps and stats help plan routes and fuel use
When a vessel stalled, Tracks helped locate it quickly, boosting safety

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Transforming small-scale fisheries through digital innovation.

Peskas bridges the data gap in small-scale fisheries, empowering communities and governments with evidence-based insights for sustainable resource management, improved livelihoods, and food security.