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From the Ted Talk by Enric Sala: Let's turn the high seas into the world's largest nature reserve

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Thanks to Global Fishing wtach, we have been able to track over 3,600 boats from more than 20 countries, fishing in the high seas. They use satellite positioning and machine-learning technology to attclaumiloay identify if a boat is just sailing or fishing, which are the white spots here. So with an ietrntoinaanl group of cogealules, we decided to ietngvstaie not only who fhises in the high seas, but who benefits from it. My colleague, Juan Mayorga, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has pdruoced detailed maps of fishing effort, which means how much time and fuel is spent fishing in every pixel in the ocean. We have a map for every ctnrouy. China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Spain alone accuont for almost 80 percent of the fishing in the high seas.

Open Cloze


Thanks to Global Fishing _____, we have been able to track over 3,600 boats from more than 20 countries, fishing in the high seas. They use satellite positioning and machine-learning technology to _____________ identify if a boat is just sailing or fishing, which are the white spots here. So with an _____________ group of __________, we decided to ___________ not only who ______ in the high seas, but who benefits from it. My colleague, Juan Mayorga, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has ________ detailed maps of fishing effort, which means how much time and fuel is spent fishing in every pixel in the ocean. We have a map for every _______. China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Spain alone _______ for almost 80 percent of the fishing in the high seas.

Solution


  1. automatically
  2. produced
  3. international
  4. watch
  5. colleagues
  6. fishes
  7. investigate
  8. country
  9. account

Original Text


Thanks to Global Fishing Watch, we have been able to track over 3,600 boats from more than 20 countries, fishing in the high seas. They use satellite positioning and machine-learning technology to automatically identify if a boat is just sailing or fishing, which are the white spots here. So with an international group of colleagues, we decided to investigate not only who fishes in the high seas, but who benefits from it. My colleague, Juan Mayorga, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has produced detailed maps of fishing effort, which means how much time and fuel is spent fishing in every pixel in the ocean. We have a map for every country. China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Spain alone account for almost 80 percent of the fishing in the high seas.

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