Tracking elusive and shifting identities of the global fishing fleet.

Date of Publication

6-1-2023 12:00 AM

Security Theme

IUU Fishing

Keywords

Global assessment, IUU, Illegal unregulated and unreported fishing

Description

Using GPS data, this article found that about 17% of high-seas fishing vessels are potentially unauthorized or unregulated vessels. Additionally a majority of vessels used for IUU fishing intentionally hide their indentities.

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Jan 6th, 12:00 AM

Tracking elusive and shifting identities of the global fishing fleet.

Using GPS data, this article found that about 17% of high-seas fishing vessels are potentially unauthorized or unregulated vessels. Additionally a majority of vessels used for IUU fishing intentionally hide their indentities.