'Eyes on the Sea' Curtail Illegal Fishing

Pew Charitable Trusts wants to end illegal fishing within a decade.  The non-profit is working with the British company Satellite Applications Catapult to patrol the world’s oceans for marine poachers.   The oceans are huge and the problem is vast.  Illegal fishing is a $23.5 billion a year crime, accounting for 20 percent of the global market or one out of every five fish caught. Piracy on the high seas hastens fishery decline, threatens food security, depletes economic...

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