Big Data Systems to Catch IUU Fishing Only Effective if Nations Enforce the Rules (Opinion)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Economist] - January 23, 2015 - (Editorial Opinion)
Big data allow fish to be protected as never before. Governments should take advantage of this.
Crucially, given many governments’ ambivalence towards enforcing fisheries rules—especially when their own nationals are fishing in other people’s waters—the new technology will also help companies protect their supply chains.
The one-in-five illegal fish identified by Pew are often being sold by otherwise law-abiding firms that have no way of reliably tracing them back to the vessels that caught them. Soon, retailers will be able to do ...
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