One of the things that I think would be helpful in this space would be to have there be the equivalent of a kind of an international traffic ticket anytime a vessel flips off its transponder. Because it seems to me that Much of the illicit behavior engaged in by the shadow fleet of tankers, the shadow fleet of pirate fishers, they accomplish by flipping off their transponders. and then going dark, doing whatever it is that they need to do and then coming back on. (44:42–44:53)
CLAIM
Asserts that illegal activities by shadow fleets are facilitated by turning off transponders.
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