Presentation given at UN Oceans Conference on Ocean Data Alliance

1. Ocean Data Alliance
Steven Adler
IBM Chief Data Strategist

2. Oceans Make Up 72% of Earth...
...Yet 97% of Satellite Coverage is Land

3. There are some basic questions...
● How many Tuna does a boat catch in a day?
● How many sharks, turtles, and dolphins are lost?
● What does sport fishing contribute to over-fishing?
● Who monitors subsistence Fishing?
● How much by-catch is lost at sea?
● How much marine resource is being taken out of anyone's territorial
waters?
● Who compares fishing behavior on the boat, on the oceans, and at port?
● What Open Standards exist to encourage the aggregation and sharing of
Ocean Data?
...No One Can Answer Today

4. Our Oceans are Over-Fished...
...Because No One is Monitoring It

5. We Need more Data...
...To Monitor Oceans Better than Land

6. And Analytics To Find and Stop...
...IUU Fishing

7. The Ocean Data Alliance...
...Prospective Membership
● IBM
● World Economic Forum
● Digital Globe
● Planet
● Spire
● The Nature Conservancy
● FAO
● UNDP
● ISA
● USC Santa Barbara
● Stanford University
● Woods Hole Inst.

8. ODA Goals...
...By 2020
● Support the Tuna Declaration
● To create Open and Linked Data Repositories of Ocean and Fishing
Observation information
● To study and pilot new approaches to collecting, analyzing and providing
information about IUU Tuna Fishing
● To develop new data standards and analytical methods and work with all
data producers and consumers
● To work with local communities and all stakeholders to understand
requirements and evaluate intended and unintended consequences of
Open Ocean Data.
● To connect with other SDG 14 activities and develop data that supports
the Blue Economy