Blast fishing destroys reefs. Underwater microphones can help detect it

Mongabay
Aug 26, 2026, 10:22 am96 pts
When he went for a dive between the tiny islands off the coast of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, marine biologist and AI researcher Ben Williams could often hear as many as three fish bombs detonate. “But the thing is, because sounds travel so far underwater, the bombing is often happening quite far away,” he…

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