AI exposes scale of bomb fishing devastating Coral Triangle reefs

An AI-powered underwater listening system revealed that illegal bomb fishing occurs almost hourly in the Spermonde Archipelago of Indonesia, causing extensive damage to coral reefs estimated at 160,000 square metres annually. The low-cost machine learning approach enables faster detection, potentially improving enforcement and conservation efforts against this destructive practice.

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