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Biden Administration Directs Use Of Technology To Help Combat IUU Fishing

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, June 27th, 2022

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Biden Administration Directs Use Of Technology To Help Combat IUU Fishing

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President Biden on Monday issued a National Security Memorandum (NSM) aimed at combatting illegal fishing by distant water fleets in the world’s oceans and directed several departments and agencies to bring various technologies to bear to increase maritime domain awareness. NSM-11 calls for the Departments of Defense and State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to increase the "use of vessel tracking systems, aerial surveillance, and radio frequency data, as well as utilizing emerging technologies such as advances…

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