Global Efforts Combatting Illegal Fishing: AI and Underwater Robots Lead the Charge
Struggles to discontinue unlawful, unregistered, and unmanaged fishing have intensified. Recently, 25 Spanish-flagged fishing vessels were punished by the Spanish government for operating around Argentina’s underwater borders. Fines were paid for the vessels that voluntarily shut down their transponders with the AIS that tags vessels on the automation of their GPS-based AIS (AIS) systems. Usually,…