Announcing a new technology satellite system to detect illegal fishing

With 71% of the Earth's surface being an ocean, it is not easy to control illegal fishing. However, it is not helpless when a new technology satellite is called Global Fishing Watch (GFW).

Reportedly, Global Fishing Watch (GFW) is a Google-powered surveillance satellite system that acts as a satellite eye in the sky, helping to observe the entire ocean on Earth to help detect ships. as well as areas where illegal hunting is taking place through the GFW online display technology map.

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" A third of the world's seafood is overfished, half of the world's population is using protein from seafood and ocean creatures ." - US Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement.

Currently this monitoring satellite system has been put into operation initially and the satellite organization hopes to receive active management cooperation from countries on continents on Earth to receive the monitoring process. monitor more closely and effectively. - Jane Lubchenco of Oregon State University, USA said in a statement.

In the short term, Global Fishing Watch (GFW) satellite monitoring system will monitor more than 35,000 key commercial fishing boats in the oceans with 22 million data collection points to collect data every day. math at a high level of accuracy as well as support from Google's dedicated data analysis programs.

Part of the monitoring satellite system also integrates an automatic identification system AIS that helps identify, track and predict the movement of key fishing vessels on the ocean.

Reportedly, GFW has been quietly developed over the past two years and has been tested to work effectively in the area of ​​illegal ocean tuna fishing in the Pacific Islands earlier.

Huynh Dung ( According to Sciencealert)