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Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing poses an enormous threat to the conservation and management of the dwindling fish stocks, causing multiple adverse consequences for fisheries, coastal and marine ecosystems and for the people who depend on these resources. The Integrated System for Surveillance of Illegal, Unlicensed and Unreported Fishing (INSURE) is an efficient and inexpensive system that has been developed for the monitoring of IUU fishing in Ghanaian waters. It makes use of fast-delivery Earth observation data from the synthetic aperture radar instrument on Sentinel-1 and the Multi Spectral Imager on Sentinel-2, detecting objects that differ markedly from their immediate background using a constant false alarm rate test. Detections are matched to, and verified by, Automatic Identification System (AIS) data, which provide the location and dimensions of ships that are legally operating in the region. Matched and unmatched data are then displayed on a web portal for use by coastal management authorities in Ghana. The system has a detection success rate of 91% for AIS-registered vessels, and a fast throughput, processing and delivering information within 2 h of acquiring the satellite overpass. However, over the 17-month analysis period, 75% of SAR detections have no equivalent in the AIS record, suggesting significant unregulated marine activity, including vessels potentially involved in IUU. The INSURE system demonstrated its efficiency in Ghana\u2019s exclusive economic zone and it can be extended to the neighbouring states in the Gulf of Guinea, or other geographical regions that need to improve fisheries surveillance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs11030293","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,2,1]],"date-time":"2019-02-01T16:19:58Z","timestamp":1549037998000},"page":"293","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":76,"title":["Operational Monitoring of Illegal Fishing in Ghana through Exploitation of Satellite Earth Observation and AIS Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3107-1608","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrey A.","family":"Kurekin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, PL1 3DH Plymouth, UK"}]},{"given":"Benjamin R.","family":"Loveday","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, PL1 3DH Plymouth, UK"}]},{"given":"Oliver","family":"Clements","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, PL1 3DH Plymouth, UK"}]},{"ORCID":"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9132-9511","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Graham D.","family":"Quartly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, PL1 3DH Plymouth, UK"}]},{"ORCID":"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5292-8789","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Peter I.","family":"Miller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, PL1 3DH Plymouth, UK"}]},{"ORCID":"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3575-8850","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"George","family":"Wiafe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Coastal & Marine Resources Management Centre, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, P.O. 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