Ocean sentinel albatrosses locate illegal vessels and provide the first estimate of the extent of nondeclared fishing.

ABSTRACT: With threats to nature becoming increasingly prominent, in order for biodiversity levels to persist, there is a critical need to improve implementation of conservation measures. In the oceans, the surveillance of fisheries is complex and inadequate, such that quantifying and locating nondeclared and illegal fisheries is persistently problematic. Given that these activities dramatically impact oceanic ecosystems, through overexploitation of fish stocks and bycatch of threatened species, innovative ways to monitor the oceans are urgently required. Here, we describe a concept of "Ocean Sentinel" using animals equipped with state-of-the-art loggers which monitor fisheries in remote areas. Albatrosses fitted with loggers detecting and locating the presence of vessels and transmitting the inform

SUBMITTER: Weimerskirch H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7022167 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature