New research harnesses AI and satellite imagery to reveal the expanding footprint of human activity at sea

The worlds largest public resource, the ocean, is missing from public tracking systems, according to researchers who have created a new global map of industrial fishing vessels and offshore infrastructure in the sea. Why is it changing? Where is the world going to be able to trace the amount of human activity on the planet? What is there? How is this finding us in our seas and how it is affecting our oceans, and what is happening to humans in their maritime journeys? And why are they not being tracked by satellite surveillance systems? How does the global fishery become increasingly hidden from the public view? The latest global study has revealed that thousands of ships are without public control and the extent of activity which is now threatened by human consumption? Is it still growing in recent weeks, or could it be seen as an unprecedented shift in industrial activity? A new study published today in Nature looks at what happens to the waters that have been behind the new industrial revolution, writes the BBC s David Kroodsma, who explains how the industry is expanding in Europe and South Asia, as well as the impact of the development of commercial boats and transport and energy industries? It is likely to take place around Africa and south Asia - but what has happened since the start of an enormous growth in its depth and impact on human activities in coastal water spending across the continents for the first time?

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Published on 2024-01-03

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