A local-first operational evidence layer for recording sightings, recovery work, offload, material handling, and reporting preparation without replacing official systems.
Abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear is commonly described as ghost gear or ALDFG. It can continue fishing, entangle wildlife, damage habitat, create navigation hazards, and complicate cleanup and disposal.
Existing reporting systems are essential, but crews still need a practical way to capture complete local evidence during field work—especially when connectivity is weak, responsibilities change, or several organizations participate.
GGX prepares and preserves evidence. Official sightings and commercial lost or retrieved gear reports must still be completed through the applicable government or authorized reporting pathway.
References to DFO, GGGI, ports, communities, or First Nations describe external systems, demonstration profiles, or future collaboration pathways—not endorsement or formal integration.
The Global Ghost Gear Initiative maintains a public data portal, a Ghost Gear Reporter app, and guidance resources for abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear.
Open GGGI Data Portal →Fisheries and Oceans Canada maintains official pathways for public ghost gear sightings and for commercial lost or retrieved gear reporting.
Open DFO Ghost Gear Information →GGX focuses on the work between the sighting and the final report: local evidence, state transitions, handoffs, mass-balance records, and a durable incident timeline.
Try the Local Workflow →Coordinates, overview photos, gear description, hazard level, species observations, notes, and time.
Vessel and crew, process photos, estimated weight, dock destination, assistance events, and evidence holds.
Pile photo, scale weight, receiving location, serialized containers, and documented discrepancies.
QR-linked material units, material class, weight, contamination, and parent-incident lineage.
Material routing, documented loss, recycler or disposal confirmation, and supporting receipts.
An append-only timeline preserves what happened, what was missing, what was verified, and what was learned.
The Cockpit is organized around one question: What does the operator need to do next? The screen separates incident evidence from reference context and displays a single state-driven action rather than a menu of competing tasks.
Records save locally on the device. The current public build demonstrates local persistence and a simulated sync queue.
Reference values display source, confidence, freshness, and demonstration status. Missing live data is not silently invented.
The system structures evidence and highlights requirements. Operators and authorized organizations retain decision and reporting authority.
GGX is available as a working local demonstration. Live provider data, official integrations, cloud synchronization, and operational validation remain separate evidence gates.