New Satellite Technology Detects Illegal Fishing in Protected Areas
New satellite technology can detect vessels engaged in illegal fishing and has shown that marine protected areas are effective in discouraging these practices, revealed Sciencey magazine.
"One of the problems with the activity at sea is that it is difficult to know what the ships are doing," despite the fact that most industrial vessels have the Automatic Identification System (AIS), many deactivate it when they want to avoid detection, explained marine ecologist Enric Sala in an interview with the EFE agency.
The study represents a pioneering advance in...
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