Illuminating dark fishing fleets in North Korea

Jaeyoon Park; Jungsam Lee; Katherine Seto; Timothy Hochberg; Brian A. Wong; Nathan A. Miller; Kenji Takasaki; Hiroshi Kubota; Yoshioki Oozeki; Sejal Doshi; Maya Midzik; Quentin Hanich; Brian Sullivan; Paul Woods; David A. Kroodsma

doi:10.1126/sciadv.abb1197

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Illuminating dark fishing fleets in North Korea

View ORCID ProfileJaeyoon Park¹,*,†,
View ORCID ProfileJungsam Lee²,†,
View ORCID ProfileKatherine Seto³,⁴,
View ORCID ProfileTimothy Hochberg¹,
View ORCID ProfileBrian A. Wong¹,⁵,
View ORCID ProfileNathan A. Miller¹,⁶,
View ORCID ProfileKenji Takasaki⁷,
View ORCID ProfileHiroshi Kubota⁷,
View ORCID ProfileYoshioki Oozeki⁷,
View ORCID ProfileSejal Doshi⁸,
View ORCID ProfileMaya Midzik⁸,
View ORCID ProfileQuentin Hanich³,
View ORCID ProfileBrian Sullivan¹,
Paul Woods¹ and
View ORCID ProfileDavid A. Kroodsma¹

¹Global Fishing Watch, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
²Korea Maritime Institute, Busan, South Korea.
³Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
⁴Environmental Studies Department, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
⁵Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
⁶SkyTruth, Shepherdstown, WV 25443, USA.
⁷Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Yokohama, Japan.
⁸Planet Labs, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: jaeyoon{at}globalfishingwatch.org

↵† These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science Advances 22 Jul 2020:
Vol. 6, no. 30, eabb1197
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb1197

Jaeyoon Park

1Global Fishing Watch, Washington, DC 20036, USA.

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Jungsam Lee

2Korea Maritime Institute, Busan, South Korea.

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Katherine Seto

3Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.

4Environmental Studies Department, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.

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Timothy Hochberg

1Global Fishing Watch, Washington, DC 20036, USA.

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Brian A. Wong

1Global Fishing Watch, Washington, DC 20036, USA.

5Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.

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Nathan A. Miller

1Global Fishing Watch, Washington, DC 20036, USA.

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Kenji Takasaki

7Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Yokohama, Japan.

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Hiroshi Kubota

7Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Yokohama, Japan.

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Yoshioki Oozeki

7Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Yokohama, Japan.

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Sejal Doshi

8Planet Labs, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

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Maya Midzik

8Planet Labs, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

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Quentin Hanich

3Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.

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Brian Sullivan

1Global Fishing Watch, Washington, DC 20036, USA.

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Paul Woods

1Global Fishing Watch, Washington, DC 20036, USA.

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David A. Kroodsma

1Global Fishing Watch, Washington, DC 20036, USA.

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