Improving Fishing Pattern Detection from Satellite AIS Using Data Mining and Machine Learning.

A key challenge in contemporary ecology and conservation is the accurate tracking of the spatial distribution of various human impacts, such as fishing. While coastal fisheries in national waters are closely monitored in some countries, existing maps of fishing effort elsewhere are fraught with unce...

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Main Authors: Erico N de Souza, Kristina Boerder, Stan Matwin, Boris Worm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4930218?pdf=render