Gus Lubin
The island nation of Kiribati suspected that Marshalls 203 had violated its recently created no-fishing zone, but it didn’t have sufficient proof. That’s where Global Fishing Watch came in.
The non-profit, created by sea conservation group Oceana, environmental satellite imaging non-profit SkyTruth, and Google, identifies fishing boats by analyzing Automatic Identification Signals (AIS). It analyzes the movement of vessels to predict when they are fishing.
In the case of Marshalls 203, it provided unmistakable imagery that showed the boat fishing in the protected zone.
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Weekly Security and Risk Report 21/09/2022
MAST’s weekly security report issue 350 is available to read now. In the Gulf of Guinea, one maritime incident has been reported for the period
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