Study aims to unmask fishing vessels, and owners, obscured by loopholes 
By Elizabeth Claire Alberts CA Source: mongabay 1/20/2023
Elizabeth Claire Alberts
A new study reveals information about the shifting identities of the global fishing fleet, which can help tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) fishing.
 

The research combines a decade’s worth of satellite vessel tracking data with identification information from more than 40 public registries to generate a first-of-its-kind global assessment of fishing compliance, foreign ownership of vessels, and reflagging.

 
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