Using albatross to find illegal trawlers

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Using albatross to find illegal trawlers

Postby Neil Fitzgerald » Sat Jan 05, 2019 8:41 am

Devices attached to albatrosses detect radar used by fishing trawlers and transmits their location back so illegal fishers with their tracking system turned off can be found. https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national ... l-trawlers
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