Marine Way Application

Project Description:

Background:
The marine way project was started by our client, Lisa Chen. She is a passionate marine biologist and environmental educator. She brought this idea to keep our marine environment safe and clean as well as make it sustainable.
Purpose of the project:
Fishing in the ocean happens everywhere throughout a year. As the marine environment is unpredictable and harsh, accidents occur anytime, and fishing gears can be broken unexpectedly. Then, fishing gears which are broken or worn out are sometimes thrown away unethically. Thus, there are a lot of abandoned, lost, and discarded ‘ghost’ fishing gears in the ocean. To protect ocean environment, Fisheries and Oceans Canada get a report from people about the information they found, using given form. Need comes from this point. The form contains many information to fill in but can be automated. Our application is going to help people report the ‘ghost’ fishing gear.
Description of scope:
The main feature of the application is reporting of abandoned fishing gear to the Department of Fisheries and Ocean. Based on the user’s pre-inputted content and location information, it minimizes additional input. Indeed, it embeds generating and sending a form to Fisheries and Oceans Canada for user’s convenience. The application runs on Android. It displays maps, supporting offline uses. To report finding, it will generate a pdf form with minimized user input. To keep those reports and account information, a database is required. Additional features which might be beneficial to users, for example weather and tide information, can be added.
Description of the end users:
Although the application can be used by anyone who wants to report, the majority of users are fishermen. Also, it would be usually used outdoors under hard situations. Therefore, a clear and concise user interface is essential.

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