WWF Germany Introduces AI Platform To Detect & Remove Ghost Nets From Oceans

WWF and the Polar Bears – Mark Avery

A panda in the snow?  Photo: Mark Avery The recent Guardian story about WWF facilitating the trade in Polar Bear skins –  click here – is in many ways, not news. It’s not news because I can’t see anything new in it. The fact that WWF has supported trophy hunting of several species whilst arguing for their conservation, and using images of them in its fundraising, is in the public domain, has been manifest for years and so is not news. A Polar Be…

Every year many tons of fishing nets are lost in the sea. WWF uses AI to detect and remove them.

WWF Germany Introduces AI Platform To Detect & Remove Ghost Nets From Oceans

Every year, about 50,000 tons of fishing nets are lost at sea, and 20% of all fishing gear ends up discarded in the ocean.