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'Project Eyes' tackles pirate fishing with satellites and algorithms
Illegal fishing causes permanent environmental destruction and economic losses of up to $23 billion a year, largely because vast swaths of ocean go unpatrolled. But UK scientists are fighting back with Project Eyes on the Seas, a joint operation from from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the UK Satellite Applications Catapult. Unlike Google's Global Fishing Watch, the new effort won't just rely on data from ships' on-board transponders. It'll also use satellite radar, which can spot larger vessels even if their transponders are turned off or "spoofed."
