Seabirds are helping researchers stop illegal fishing
An albatross sits on the surface of the water, albatrosses spend 95% of their lives soaring aboveBy harnessing the power of existing interactions between seabirds and fishing vessels, researchers were able to track potentially illegal fishing activity in the vast expanse of the Southern Indian Ocean.have several claims to fame. With a wingspan reaching up to 11 feet across, they are the world’s largest seabird.
The Ocean Sentinel program pioneered research that was carried out over a six month period from December 2018 to June 2019. For the169 albatrosses were fitted with solar-powered trackers that can detect radar emissions, which indicate the presence of fishing vessels. When a fishing vessel was detected, the information was received by satellite and sent immediately to a website available to researchers. For the study, over 47 million kmof ocean was covered.
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