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We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones

  • Written by Jennifer Raynor, Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageA school of bigeye trevally swims near Bikar Atoll.Enric Sala/National Geographic Pristine Seas

Marine protected areas cover more than 8% of the world’s oceans today, but they can get a bad rap as being protected on paper only.

While the name invokes safe havens for fish, whales and other sea life, these areas can be hard to monitor....

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