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Operation Ocean Witness
Greenpeace UK Operation Ocean Witness is a six month operation, involving the new Greenpeace boat called Sea Beaver. Sea Beaver is patrolling the sea off the South Coast of the UK and do what the government has so far failed to do - protect the UK’s marine protected areas from destructive unsustainable fishing, a key Brexit promise which has been broken. Operation Ocean Witness is operating out of Newhaven from June until Autumn 2021.
All commercial vessels at sea have to have their AIS switched on to show their position. Some fishing vessels turn off their AIS, or turn down the signal not to be noticed by competing fishing vessels - or the authorities. To find these vessels, black spots at sea, you have to be close enough for the radar to pick up the vessel, so patrolling at sea is paramount.
Flyshooting is a highly unsustainable way of fishing where wires/ropes are laid out for miles into a diamond shape to drive fish into a net at the centre of the wires.
All commercial vessels at sea have to have their AIS switched on to show their position. Some fishing vessels turn off their AIS, or turn down the signal not to be noticed by competing fishing vessels - or the authorities. To find these vessels, black spots at sea, you have to be close enough for the radar to pick up the vessel, so patrolling at sea is paramount.
Flyshooting is a highly unsustainable way of fishing where wires/ropes are laid out for miles into a diamond shape to drive fish into a net at the centre of the wires.
