# Real-Time Ocean Monitoring for Marine Protected Areas

Most marine protected areas collect data that never reaches a decision-maker in time. The Spotter Platform delivers continuous real-time ocean monitoring across MPA boundaries, combining solar-powered Spotter buoys, autonomous Spotter Scout USVs, and smart mooring systems to support marine conservation, compliance and marine protected area enforcement.

## Key Benefit

### **Continuous Marine Protected Area Monitoring**
Deploy real-time ocean monitoring across MPA boundaries to track ecosystem health, detect threats and support marine protected area enforcement and compliance.

### **Scalable Ocean Conservation Technology**
Replace costly research-grade instrumentation with a lower-cost ocean sensor network designed to scale across large or remote marine protected areas.

### Simple Deployment
Deploy from any vessel or shoreside location. Solar-powered and satellite-connected for continuous long-term operation with no fixed infrastructure required.

## Spotter Platform Use Case

### Marine Biodiversity Monitoring
Capture acoustic, temperature, dissolved oxygen and current data to build a continuous picture of marine ecosystem monitoring across MPA boundaries.

### Illegal Fishing Monitoring and Vessel Detection
Detect unauthorized vessel activity in real time using acoustic sensors (via the Spotter Sound hydrophone add-on) and real-time ocean monitoring to support marine protected area enforcement and rapid response.

### Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring
Track tidal changes, storm surge and water quality across coastal ecosystems to support 30x30 ocean conservation planning and marine spatial planning data.

### Aquaculture and Research
Monitor dissolved oxygen, temperature and water quality in real time using modular sensors and smart mooring systems at aquaculture sites and research stations.