Nigeria: Nigeria, Norway Partner On Satellite Surveillance to Combat Illegal Fishing
The Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy has expressed its readiness to partner Norway on satellite surveillance of Nigerian waters to combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and protect the country's marine resources from exploitation.
Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn He invited Nigeria to join the Blue Community, a network of countries participating in the initiative, to strengthen its capacity to detect suspicious vessel movements, identify so-called "dark vessels" that evade tracking, and tackle illegal fishing and other maritime crimes.
Ambassador Baera said the was to introduce the Blue Justice initiative, which provides participating countries with free satellite-based Automatic Identification System (AIS) vessel-tracking data through the Blue Justice Ocean Surveillance Programme.
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