Three in Four Industrial Fishing Boats Are Dark Vessels

Three in Four Industrial Fishing Boats Are Dark Vessels

Source: E360 Digest

1/5/2024

Three in Four Industrial Fishing Boats Are Dark Vessels

A sprawling analysis of ocean traffic reveals that 75 percent of industrial fishing vessels are not publicly tracked, with the bulk of untracked fishing taking place in Southeast Asia.

For the study, researchers gathered a vast trove of satellite images from the European Space Agency, spanning 2017 to 2021, of coastal waters around the world. They compared images of ships with public records of their whereabouts to determine which vessels had not broadcast their locations. Researchers then trained a computer to identify which of those vessels were fishing boats.

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