Josh Laughren, executive director of Oceana Canada, says the app will help monitor and curb illegal fishing on the high seas. Boats tracked with pre-existing technologyLaughren says Global Fishing Watch uses publicly-available data from a pre-existing identification technology that all ships have. High seas overfishing 'extremely damaging'The app is part of a concerted effort to curb the problem of illegal fishing on the high seas. Illegal fishing can hurt the legitimate fishing industry because when catches are under-reported, it can lead to depleted stocks. With files from The Early Edition and Chad PawsonTo listen to the interview, click on the link labelled Global fishing app launched to curb illegal fishing

Source: CBC News September 16, 2016 21:38 UTC