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Satellites can reveal global extent of forced labor in the world’s fishing fleet

McDonald et al.
2020
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This report documents forced labor behavior in fishing fleets using satellite vessel monitoring systems and machine learning. The approach of remote sensing aims to expose social and human rights challenges at sea and inform policy and enforcement.

VISIT RESOURCE
Topic:
  • Counter-IUU Fishing
  • Human & Labor Rights
  • Regulation Compliance
  • Seafood Industry
  • Technology
  • Wild-capture
Region:
  • Global
Tags:
GFW, UCSB, Liberty Shared, AI, AIS, Machine Learning, Satellite, Monitoring, Policy Interventions, Behavior, Port, Remote Sensing

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