Human activity is powering ‘a new industrial revolution’ at sea, say experts

Researchers using AI and satellite imagery find 75% of industrial fishing is not being publicly tracked, while wind turbines now outnumber oil platforms

Researchers have created the first global map of the industrial use of the ocean, using space technology and AI to reveal the emergence of a new industrial revolution".

A study led by Global Fishing Watch (GFW) and published in Nature found that 75% of the world's industrial fishing vessels, mainly operating in Africa and south Asia, are dark" or not publicly tracked. More than a quarter of the activity of transport and energy vessels is also missing from public tracking systems, it found.