China ships – both its coast guard and maritime militia – are known for going 'dark' while out in the West Philippine Sea, making them hard to monitor
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The deal was sealed in Ottawa, Canada on October 12, on the sidelines of the 6th joint commission for bilateral cooperation between the two countries. “The DVD System is a program used to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing by vessels who deliberately turn off their Automatic Identification System . It utilizes layered multi-sensor satellite data from both commercial and government-owned satellite assets to provide near real-time satellite imagery.
While neither Filipino and Canadian officials will say it out loud, the dark vessel detection system is an invaluable tool as the Philippines becomes more assertive in defending its territory and asserting its claim over the West Philippine Sea, or parts of the South China Sea within its exclusive economic zone.
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