Vodacom pilots early warning system to help mussel farms protect marine mammals

[Jan]

Vodacom testing AI-powered warning system to protect whales and other sea animals

Vodacom South Africa has teamed up with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to test an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered early warning system for protecting marine mammals against net entanglements.

The project is being piloted in Saldanha Bay on South Africa's West Coast — an area where mussel farms have become more popular due to traditional fishing encountering problems caused by overfishing, pollution and climate change.

 

[The_MAC]

nice

 

[konfab]

The WWF said whales played a critical role in the marine environment’s overall health, particularly as carbon capturers.

“Estimates are that each great whale sequesters an estimated 33 tonnes of CO2 on average,” the WWF said.

So the Japanese eating huge volumes of whale meat every year is actually a good thing?

 

[LoadShedder]

So the Japanese eating huge volumes of whale meat every year is actually a good thing?

Nah because then the whales get converted into methane. Best to let the whales die and sink to the bottom of the ocean to trap the carbon there.

 

[Bliksis]

Ah, AI. The buzzword of the decade.

 

[konfab]

Nah because then the whales get converted into methane. Best to let the whales die and sink to the bottom of the ocean to trap the carbon there.

That implies they are not floaters

 

[azboob]

So the Japanese eating huge volumes of whale meat every year is actually a good thing?

The Japanese do not eat huge volumes of whale meat.