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Researchers have found another use for night lights imagery: tracking unregulated and under-reported fishing.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership and AIS-based fishing effort and vessel presence data from Global Fishing Watch. Photograph copyright Trygg Mat Tracking. Story by Michael Carlowicz.
Published May 17, 2021 Data acquired December 17, 2020