A new tool hopes to end overfishing by enabling anyone with access to the internet to track commercial fishing trawlers. The conservation group, Oceana, has teamed up with non-profit, SkyTruth, and Google to create the Global Fishing Tracker. The device, which is due to launch within 10 years, monitors coastlines and conservation areas and allows users to track individual boats in real-time. It will be available to NGOs, local authorities, and the public and will be of particular benefit to countries, such as Madagascar, that do not have the resources to monitor their own coastlines.
A new tool hopes to end overfishing by enabling anyone with access to the internet to track commercial fishing trawlers. The conservation group, Oceana, has teamed up with non-profit, SkyTruth, and Google to create the Global Fishing Tracker. The device, which is due to launch within weeks, monitors coastlines and conservation areas and allows users to track individual boats in real-time. It will be available to NGOs, local authorities, and the public and will be of particular benefit to countries, such as Madagascar, that do not have the resources to monitor their own coastlines.