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How AI and apps are protecting the livelihoods of small-scale fishermen

Men pull a boat from the sea at the seashore in a fishing village of Port Bouet in Abidjan, Ivory Coast February 12, 2021.

Digital solutions include educational tools and GPS tracking. Image: REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Michael Taylor
Asia correspondent and sub-editor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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