Boat International US Edition – June 2019

boatinternational.com• 062019

More than half of

the planet’s oceans

are subject to

industrial fishing,

concluded David

Kroodsma (right),

after his team

processed 22 billion

AISsignalsfrom

fishingboatsto

ascertainthe

industry’sreach

Below:ReefLifeSurvey

hasharnessedtheskillsof

volunteerdiverstocollect

scientificdataandsurvey

trendsinreefbiodiversity.

Theprogramcompleted

almost12,000surveysin

adecade,providingthe

scientificcommunity

withvaluableinsights

intothedegrading

marineenvironment

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