A Net a Kilometer: Drones Successfully Identify Ghost Nets Along NT Coastline

A net a kilometer: Drones successfully identify ghost nets along NT coastline

Drones and artificial intelligence are uncovering ghost nets from 50 centimeters to larger than five meters along the coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria, proving the success of a program aimed at maintaining the pristine environment of this region.

Drones successfully detecting ghost nets off NT

Drones and Artificial Intelligence are uncovering ghost nets from 50 centimetres to larger than five metres along the coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria, proving the success of a program aimed at maintaining the pristine environment of this region.  The project, led by Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) North Australia Centre […]

CDU-led drone project uncovers ghost nets along NT coast - Australian Manufacturing

Drones and artificial intelligence are helping uncover ghost nets – abandoned fishing gear that poses a threat to marine life – along the remote coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria, in a program led by Charles Darwin University (CDU).

Drones help ‘exorcise’ ghost nets from the Gulf of Carpentaria coastline

A ghost net in Grooyte Eylandt … so far, 72 such nets have been detected with the technology. Picture: SUPPLIED Rangers in the Northern Territory are using AI and drones to find and remove almost one ghost (discarded) fishing net every kilometre from the Gulf of Carpentaria. A project led by Charles Darwin University’s and the Anindilyakwa Land and Sea Rangers began surveys of the coastline last year. The mission was to map the distribu…