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How drones can help in conservation – Backchannel

It was a beautifully serene night in April when Roy Sasano, then a drone pilot with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, caught sight of the men in the boat. That is, his drone saw the men. Sasano’s vessel, the Farley Mowat, was a mile away. He and his crewmates were patrolling a marine reserve in the northern reaches of the Gulf of California, trying to prevent poaching of a large fish called totoaba, and the inci
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