New Australian Charts to Stop Illegal Fishing

Tenix LADS Corporation has commenced work on a hydrographic survey in the Torres Strait and northern Great Barrier Reef to help stop illegal fishing in Australian waters. Tenix, using its Laser Airborne Depth Sounder (LADS) MKii Lidar system, will collect data that will be used in seven new or updated nautical charts of the area. Authorities will use these charts to patrol currently uncharted waters, which have become hot spots for illegal fishing. The contract is part of the Fisheries Protection Survey and Charting Project, created to bolster the presence of enforcement agencies in northern Australian waters.