New satellite system to track illegal 'pirate fishing'

Friday, January 23, 2015 - 16:30 in Mathematics & Economics

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - About 20 percent of the world's fishing catch is taken illegally by poachers, experts estimate, but a new satellite tracking system launched on Wednesday aims to crack down on the industrial-scale theft known as "pirate fishing."

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