Little-to-no industrial fishing occurs in fully and highly protected marine areas

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Science Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI:10.1126/science.adt9009

Jennifer Raynor, Sara Orofino, Christopher Costello, Gavin McDonald, Juan Mayorga, Enric Sala

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Abstract

There is a widespread perception that illegal fishing is common in marine protected areas (MPAs) due to strong incentives for poaching and the high cost of monitoring and enforcement. Using artificial intelligence and satellite-based Earth observations, we provide estimates of industrial fishing activity in fully and highly protected MPAs worldwide, in which such fishing is banned. We find little to no activity in most cases. On average, these MPAs had just one fishing vessel present per 20,000 square kilometers during the satellite overpass, a density nine times lower than that of the unprotected waters of exclusive economic zones.

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在完全和高度保护的海洋地区，几乎没有工业捕鱼

人们普遍认为，由于偷猎的强烈动机和监测和执法的高成本，非法捕鱼在海洋保护区（MPAs）很常见。利用人工智能和基于卫星的地球观测，我们提供了全球全面和高度保护的海洋保护区中工业捕鱼活动的估计，这些海洋保护区禁止这种捕鱼。在大多数情况下，我们发现几乎没有活动。在卫星立交期间，这些海洋保护区平均每2万平方公里只有一艘渔船，比专属经济区未受保护水域的密度低9倍。

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61.10

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0.90%

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2.1 months

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