Each day, hundreds of thousands of fishing vessels cruise the worlds oceans in search of seafood. Fishing with bottom trawls, longlines, gillnets, and harpoons, they search the farthest reaches of the ocean to bring back the seafood that we enjoy and many depend on. The vast scale of the global fishing fleet has always been an obstacle to sustainable fisheries management. How do you monitor hundreds of thousands of boats spread over 71 percent of the globe? By harnessing the power of satellite data through a new platform called Global Fishing Watch.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 21:00:00 +0000
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