The area is more than twice the size of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and, once declared, would be the second largest protected area in Australia’s waters behind the 989,000 sq km Coral Sea marine park.
Christmas Island, which emerged 60m years ago from a volcanic seamount, is about 350km south of Indonesia and 1,500km west of Australia. The island is known for its migration of millions of red crabs that move from the forests to the shore and were made famous by Sir David Attenborough.
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, about 970km west of Christmas Island, are two coral atolls surrounded by deep ocean.
The busy port of Montevideo in Uruguay (Image: Alamy)
The Southwest Atlantic Ocean attracts fishing fleets from all over the world due to rich marine life that swims beyond national waters. But despite concerns of overfishing, the region lacks the kind of fishing management organisation or governance system present in many other regions of the world.
Uruguay, with a new government since last year, is seeking to change this.
Fishing fleets from China, Taiwan, South Korea and Spain concentrate in waters near the outer limit of the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. They are in search of squid and other species and will often stop at the Uruguayan port of Montevideo.
Brazil adds vessel monitoring data to public map
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May 3, 2021 08:46 BST
Brazil has signed an agreement with Global Fishing Watch to publish its vessel monitoring system data to the NGO s public map [.]
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Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has signed an agreement with Brazil to publish its vessel-tracking data.
“This movement is quite symbolic of the transformative effort that actual mandate is putting aiming better management of fishery resources,” Cadu Villaça, the technical director of the Coletivo Nacional da Pesca e Aquiculture (Conepe), Brazil’s seafood trade group, told SeafoodSource.
Tracks of Brazil’s commercial fishing vessels can now be viewed by anyone, in real-time, for free on GFW’s mapping platform, according to the organization.
“Brazil’s decision to adopt fisheries transparency demonstrates a shared ambition to enhance their current vessel monitoring system and strengthen compliance in their waters,” GFW CEO Tony Long said in a press release. “The secretary of fisheries and aquaculture will now have the information needed to ensure sound fisheries management and promote the sustainability of Brazil’s fish stocks for generations to come.”
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