Microsoft Co-Founder Donating $40 Million to Use Satellites and Software to Fight Illegal Fishing
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Bloomberg] By Dina Bass - October 9, 2017
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen, concerned about illegal fishing depleting global fish populations, will spend $40 million to develop a system that uses satellite imagery and data-analysis software to help countries spot and catch unlicensed fishing boats.
Called SkyLight, the system is being tested in the Pacific Island of Palau and the African nation of Gabon. Allen is trying to use technology to aid enforcement, particularly in countries with thousands of miles of coastline to patrol and few resources to do so. Allen will announce the initiative at the Our Oceans Conference in Malta on Friday.
Illegal fishing accounts for about 20 percent of the world’s catch, costing up to $23.5 billion a year, according...
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