Leonardo DiCaprio Is Tracking 35,000 of the World’s Fishing Boats
A number of surprising things happened at the Our Oceans Conference, a meeting that took place in Washington, DC last week in which scientists, conservationists, and politicians met to discuss how to better safeguard our oceans from pollution, fraud, climate change, slavery, and overfishing.
Last week, we told you about President Obama’s surprising announcement—well, it was certainly a surprise to the fishermen of New England—that he was designating by executive order the creation of the first national marine monument in the Atlantic Ocean.
And now, get this: Leonardo DiCaprio showed up at the same conference to announce that a new online technology platform using data from satellites should be able to track the world’s 35,000 commercial fishing vessels. That’s damn good news for anyone who has ever tried to take on the monumental task of cracking down on illegal fishing and overharvesting in global waters.
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