Pirate fishing, oil spills and other undetected crimes are destroying ocean ecosystems — but we can’t stop what we can’t see. Harnessing the power of satellite data and AI to catch maritime offenders in the act, ocean conservation expert and 2023 Audacious Project grantee Tony Long introduces the first-ever live map of all industrial human activity at sea. He shares how his team at Global Fishing Watch is making it freely available to the world so conservationists, researchers and the public can help protect precious aquatic habitats.
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🆃🅺𝓐 〘Pra𝖕a𝖙anKa𝖑i𝖘ar⃝i〙
June 8, 2023 at 11:21 am
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“Clearly the situation cannot be allowed to continue in which millions know nothing but the corrosive ache of hunger”
~Nelson Mandela
in a statement to the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 2 July 1990
🆃🅺𝓐 〘Pra𝖕a𝖙anKa𝖑i𝖘ar⃝i〙
June 8, 2023 at 11:21 am
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“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of hunger and deprivation is to dehumanise them.”
~Nelson Mandela
in an address to the Joint Session of the House of Congress, Washington DC, USA, 26 June 1990
अब्दुल्ला 🇮🇳
June 8, 2023 at 11:24 am
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
– Mahatma Gandhi 🇮🇳
अब्दुल्ला 🇮🇳
June 8, 2023 at 11:25 am
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
— Mahatma Gandhi 🇮🇳
अब्दुल्ला 🇮🇳
June 8, 2023 at 11:25 am
“True love is boundless like the ocean and, swelling within one, spreads itself out and, crossing all boundaries and frontiers, envelops the whole world.”
— Mahatma Gandhi 🇮🇳
अब्दुल्ला 🇮🇳
June 8, 2023 at 11:29 am
”ليس من الحكمة أن يكون الإنسان متأكداً من حكمته، إنه أمر صحي أن يتم تذكيره بأنّ الأقوى يمكن أن يضعف، والأكثر حكمة يمكن أن يخطئ.“
— المهاتما غاندي 🇮🇳
John Jackson
June 8, 2023 at 11:30 am
Great content and I thank you for breaking it down!! Despite the unstable crypto market, I’m still glad 😊I can smile back at my portfolio of $44,700 made from my $6k weekly trade within a short period.
sparrow hawk
June 8, 2023 at 11:39 am
I’m very glad I stumbled on this today writing to her now. Really hope she can help me
龱oɹǝH ɹǝdnS ∀
June 8, 2023 at 11:41 am
👉🏻 Ues👈🏻 😅
Michael S
June 8, 2023 at 12:02 pm
Count me in
Michael S
June 8, 2023 at 12:03 pm
Its not norman bates mum is it😂😂
Takai Akai
June 8, 2023 at 1:31 pm
@Michael S oh ye of little faith, put thy trust in the crypto gods & give the woman her pound of flesh lol
Charles Jungk
June 8, 2023 at 11:35 am
AI!
Nona Manis 🌺
June 8, 2023 at 11:37 am
لا داعي أبدا للتنافس فيما بيننا!
بل إن لنا قواسم / ومبادئ مشتركة يلتقيان عبرها،
✍🏻 ألا وهي مبادئ العدالة / والتقدم /
و التسامح/ وكرامة كل إنسان
Nona Manis 🌺
June 8, 2023 at 11:38 am
😊👏🏻 تيد 🌺
يجب أن لا تفقدوا الأمل في الإنسانية، فإن الإنسانية محيط، وإذا كانت بضع قطرات من المحيط قذرة فلا يصبح المحيط بأكمله قذراً.
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龱oɹǝH ɹǝdnS ∀
June 8, 2023 at 11:41 am
Three years ago today, our founding chair passed away, but his words still ring true:
“More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together.”
– Kofi Annan 🇺🇳
Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
Mojo
June 8, 2023 at 11:49 am
I understand the fisherman in NK are doing illegal fishing. And many of them are starving and dying. But they’re doing it because their people are starving and dying by the millions under a brutal regime. Now that you reduced illegal fishing by 75% all you did was force more people to starve and die to save some fish. I don’t see that as a victory. Sure ecosystems and fisheries are important. But not at the expense of human suffering. All you did was satisfy your perceived morality. And like a typical liberal you did it with a human cost. It made you feel good but did it actually do good?
science and Quran
June 8, 2023 at 11:56 am
Dear Honorable Prime Minister, Chief Justice, and Chairman Imran Khan,
I hope this letter finds you in good health and high spirits. I, Rashid Ullah, a 2nd year MBBS student residing in KPK, Lower Dir Munda, am writing to bring your attention to a matter of utmost importance and urgency concerning the well-being and unjust imprisonment of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani national currently serving an 86-year sentence in the United States.
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a daughter of our beloved nation, was unjustly convicted of attempted murder and other felonies in 2010. However, there is widespread concern and doubt about the fairness of her trial, and **many believe that she is innocent of the charges brought against her**. Her case has garnered significant international attention and has become a symbol of **injustice and human rights violations**.
It is disheartening to learn about Dr. Siddiqui’s **deteriorating health condition**. Reports indicate that she is suffering from various physical and mental health issues, and her situation demands **immediate attention and intervention**. As fellow human beings and citizens of Pakistan, it is our moral duty to stand up for justice and ensure the well-being of our fellow countrymen.
Therefore, I kindly request your **urgent intervention** in this matter. I appeal to the Pakistani government, the honorable Chief Justice, and the esteemed Chairman of PTI to use your influential positions and diplomatic channels to address this issue at the highest levels. I urge you to make every possible effort to **secure the release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui from her unjust incarceration in the United States**.
Furthermore, I kindly request your assistance in conveying our concerns and demands to the United States government. It is crucial that we seek the cooperation and support of the American authorities in **facilitating the immediate release of Dr. Siddiqui, considering her declining health and the humanitarian aspect of her case**.
I trust in your commitment to justice, human rights, and the well-being of every Pakistani citizen. Your proactive involvement in this matter can bring hope and relief to Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and her family, and it will serve as a testament to Pakistan’s unwavering dedication to **protecting its citizens’ rights**.
Thank you for your attention to this **urgent matter**. I kindly request a prompt response and action on behalf of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. May justice prevail, and may we stand united in the pursuit of truth and compassion.
Yours sincerely,
Rashid Ullah
science and Quran
June 8, 2023 at 11:56 am
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Be My Art
June 8, 2023 at 12:07 pm
Seriously? Fucking American military will tell me about bad evil people from poor, oppressed countries by America, who harm nature? Nothing that they just survive in the hellish conditions that you created for them?! He also says that they need data on movements!
– Only for the protection of nature!
– Yes Yes!
People are really stupid if they buy it.
anar kissed
June 8, 2023 at 12:21 pm
Trouble here, is the capitalist exploiters will use this as a cover for chasing down rebels who refuse to participate in a narcissistic dynamic and bend to the will of an overlord.
Interstellarsurfer
June 8, 2023 at 12:30 pm
Call me when you actually do something about China’s illegal fishing. 😂
Mr. C
June 8, 2023 at 12:59 pm
Where there’s a market, our species will always beg, steal, or borrow to fill it. Too little…too late…sport. There is no stopping the human animal. We offer the planet absolutely nothing and demand everything from it. F our species!
B A
June 8, 2023 at 1:26 pm
I think that priority to the resources should be given to smaller fishermen and those that use it to subsist. And the huge fishing vessels should be the last priority
Isaac
June 9, 2023 at 12:24 pm
Agreed. It’s not our place to outlaw lifestyles and traditions that are thousands of years old and all these people know. Their rights to fisheries are above those of the rest of us.
B A
June 8, 2023 at 1:30 pm
Good thing of illegal fishermen were around North Korea were caught because now they’re just sitting in North Korea starving to death instead of washing up on the shores of Japan. With the way that that country is they were probably fishing so that way they can feed themselves and others and now they just lost a major source of food. Also these gigantic industrial shift can go out there and chest scoop of all kinds of fish and bycatch as well
Carson Hunt
June 8, 2023 at 3:09 pm
The irony being is it’s our strict sanctions against them that make them poor and force them into dangerous fishing 😂 but now we police them and tell them can’t do that either so it’s a win.. lol
Remy Lebeau
June 8, 2023 at 4:14 pm
China doesn’t honor treaties, and you don’t even have the guts to name them as the largest problem when it comes to illegal industrial fishing.
Chris
June 8, 2023 at 5:25 pm
Sink’m
TheeSGM
June 8, 2023 at 7:45 pm
I like the program and concept – but the way North Korea was casually mentioned as the villains – not only don’t they have anyone to defend or speak for them, but also suffering ceiling sanctions by western nations. And when their people fish to make ends meet, that’s the problem? No problems with the huge trawlers devastating fish stocks (after lobbyng to greenlight this)
Cyfriniol
June 8, 2023 at 8:53 pm
Outstanding work!
...d[-_-]b...
June 9, 2023 at 6:21 am
How much does it take to steal and lie to make a series about you xD Elizabeth Holmes won a golden ticket to prison. The question is where is the Ted talks video with this amazing character?
Sander Benson
June 9, 2023 at 9:16 am
I’ve been thinking of a similar way to help protect the marine environment and stop ocean crime. Thanks!
Nils P
June 9, 2023 at 11:20 am
Seeing the illegal fishing I see two things that may go on (in parallel):
– reckless people trying to live illegally from endangered goods of nature
– a potentially unfair distribution of fishing rights pushing poor people into illegal activities to survive or make a living
(ofc. everything in between is also possible)
I would be curious to know more about illegal fishing for this reason.
Bari ben-Harim
June 9, 2023 at 8:16 pm
In order to stop illegal fishing, you have to defeat China and Russia militarily. Never mind, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Paraguay, Panama, Uruguay ….
scott chimes
June 10, 2023 at 8:29 am
Be interested what CEFAS think of this technology as dark fishing is a massive issue in UK waters
Иван Абрамов 🇷🇺
June 12, 2023 at 6:43 am
Уважаемые, Украинцы. Пожалуйста отдайте Киевскую Русь, Вы на чужой территории. Уходите. Слава России. We will win! 🇷🇺
Allen wrench
June 12, 2023 at 9:03 pm
Ghislaine Maxwell did a similar TED talk – I will not be fooled ……
Allen wrench
June 12, 2023 at 9:33 pm
Ghislaine Maxwell did a similar TED talk ; P