Philippines coast placed under Canada’s Dark Vessel detection system

The Philippines and Canada have signed an agreement that will allow Ottawa to help Manila monitor its coastal waters and the high seas using a Canadian satellite surveillance program, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.

Canada’s Dark Vessel program uses satellite technology to locate and track ships illegally fishing anywhere even if they switch off their location transmitting devices to evade monitoring and surveillance.

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