Russia and China fear collaborative ocean surveillance networks. U.S. COAST GUARD
The annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is normally a sedate, low-key affair, well off the world’s diplomatic radar. But late last year, a vicious illegal fishing dispute between New Zealand and Russia roiled the meeting. The squabble went beyond just fishery enforcement, revealing serious Russian and Chinese discomfort at the ongoing proliferation of fast-moving, collaborative wide area maritime surveillance networks. In both the Pacific and the Antarctic oceans, integrated surveillance data is becoming something of a shared commodity, offering like-minded partners new opportunities to bring order to otherwise lawless seas. China and Russia don’t relish the new scrutiny.
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WNU Editor: New technologies are making the world a smaller place. Even in the vast oceans of the Pacific and the Antarctic.
