Case Study: Use of Acoustic Monitoring In the Fight Against Illegal Fishing www.thayermahan.com | 860-785-9994 www.thayermahan.com 2 1: Background Illegal Fishing and Processing is a global problem that seemed impossible to detect, monitor and stop ... until now. Illegal fishing is a major threat to the sustainability of the world’s fisheries. A recent study by the PEW Charitable Trust reports that as much as 20 percent of all wild marine fish are caught illegally. As the world’s largest importer of seafood – more than 5.3 billion pounds worth $18B annually – the United States has a special responsibility to help protect the world’s ocean food supply. The desire to address the problem of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fis

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