Sync Layer was selected by an interagency panel of subject matter experts as the second place winner of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) Global Fishing Forecast Grand Challenge.
The NGA-NSIN challenge, designed to identify new ways to forecast industrial fishing, will be used to help combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing activities. The challenge is part of NGA’s larger focus on using commercial techniques to augment maritime domain awareness. Sync Layer was selected among a range of potential solutions incorporating novel data sources, data visualization, risk analysis, remote sensing, and artificial intelligence and machine learning.
“The novel methods put forward by these finalists introduce fresh approaches for development of new capabilities,” said Ronzelle Green, Ph.D., director of NGA Research and Development. “The ability to forecast industrial fishing will help NGA and its customers anticipate IUU fishing and inform proactive measures to combat it.”
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