Hidden no more: First-ever global view of transshipment in commercial fishing industry
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 - 15:01
in Mathematics & Economics
A new report released today presents the first global map of transshipment, a major pathway for illegally caught and unreported fish to enter the seafood market. Also associated with drug smuggling and slave labor, it is Illegal in many cases, and has been largely invisible until now. Using an artificial intelligence system developed by Global Fishing Watch, data scientists have developed an automated process for identifying and tracking transshipment around the world.