【Expertsestimatethatoneoutofeveryfivefishsoldwascaughtillegally.Itthreatens(威胁)foodsecurityandhurtstheenvironment.Officialsareusingnewobservationaltechnologytofightillegalfishing.“Thankyoufortakingthetim】
Expertsestimatethatoneoutofeveryfivefishsoldwascaughtillegally.Itthreatens(威胁)foodsecurityandhurtstheenvironment.Officialsareusingnewobservationaltechnologytofightillegalfishing.
“ThankyoufortakingthetimetojoinushereinHarwell(UK)intheOperationsCentertowhatwecall‘ProjectEyesontheSeas.’”saysTonyLongwholeadstheEndingIllegalFishingprogramforPewCharitableTrusts.ThegroupcreatedProjectEyesontheSeas.Largethree-dimensionalimagesofaglobecanbeseenonavideo.
“ItlooksdifferentfromwhatyoumightexpectbecausethisglobeonlyshowsyoutheboatsthatarecomingintothissystemfromaliveautomatedinformationsystemorAIS.”
Thescreenshows120000fishingboatshaveAIS.Theyarerequiredtohavethetechnology.Butthosewhoarefishingillegallyoftenturnitoff.Thetechnologydoesnottellobserverswhenthathappens.ProjectEyesontheSeascombinessatelliteinformationwithsecretgovernmentrecordsoneveryship’spastactivities.
Mr.Longsaysthatpermitsresearcherstounderstandexactlywherethefishingboatsareoperating.ThePewteamgivestheinformationitgatherstoportofficialstohelpthemdecideiftheyshouldtakeactionagainstaship.TonyLongsayshewouldliketobeabletoprovideportofficialsallovertheworldwithclearlists.Theywouldinformtheofficialsaboutshipstoinspectshipstobarfromentranceandshipstopermitentrancefortradeactivities.
ThePacificislandnationofPalauwasanearlyuserofthetechnology.Palauhasoneoftherichestfishingareasintheworld.Lastyearitannouncedaplantobancommercialfishingina630000squarekilometerarea.K.B.SakumaisaspecialadvisertothepresidentofPalau.HesaysPalauistryingtodealwitharecentincreaseinillegalunsupervised(无人监管的)andunreportedfishing.
“Andit’scometoaheadinthelastyearortwo.Fromoursouthernislandintheeveningyoucanseeonthehorizonjustdottedlightsoftheseillegalfishermenthatcomeintoourwatersfilltheirshipswithourfishourresourcesourfoodsecurity...”
21.Accordingtotheestimationwhatisthepercentageofillegalfishing?
A.1% B.5% C.23.5% D.20%
22.Theinformationiscoll