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American movie star Leonardo DiCaprio unveiled Thursday a free technology that allows users to spy on global fishing practices, in a bid to curb illegal activity in the oceans and rebuild imperiled fish stocks.
The technology, known as Global Fishing Watch, was officially released to the public during the Our Oceans Conference hosted by US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington on Thursday and Friday.
"Today, this unprecedented technology is available to everyone in the world. I encourage everyone to go check it out," DiCaprio told the conference.
"This platform will empower citizens across the globe to become powerful advocates for our oceans."
WATCH: We are pushing oceans to the very brink, @LeoDiCaprio warns pic.twitter.com/Sy5VUQsx2tAvailable at GlobaFishingWatch.org, the technology aims to offer a crowd sourced solution to the problem of illegal fishing, which accounts for up to 35 percent of the global wild marine catch and causes yearly losses of $23.5 billion, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
- Times of India (@timesofindia) September 16, 2016
Learn about #GlobalFishingWatch, the revolutionary tool making global fishing activity transparent: https://t.co/zdqjOgldFy #OurOceanCurrently, Global Fishing Watch does not include every vessel, only those that broadcast data from the Automatic Identification System, collected by satellite and terrestrial receivers and meant mainly as a safety mechanism to avoid collisions.
— Leonardo DiCaprio (@LeoDiCaprio) September 15, 2016
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