Case Study: Making use of satellite data and big-data analytics

Brian Waechter

Strategic Associate

Analyze Corporation

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Case Study:

Making use of

satellite data and

big data analytics

OR…

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Not a Fish Story:

Illegal Fishing for All

to See via Big Data

Behavioral Analytics

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Question: In an increasing socially-

conscious world, do you know from

whence your seafood entree came?

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The Problem:

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing

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Illegal fishing takes place where vessels operate in violation of the

laws of a fishery. This can apply to fisheries that are under the

jurisdiction of a coastal state or to high seas fisheries regulated by

regional organizations.

Unreported fishing is fishing that has been unreported or misreported

to the relevant national authority or regional organization, in

contravention of applicable laws and regulations.

Unregulated fishing generally refers to fishing by vessels without

nationality, or vessels flying the flag of a country not party to the

regional organization governing that fishing area or species.

According to a 2008 UN report, titled “The Sunken Billions: The

Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform”, the world's fishing fleets

are losing $50 billion USD each year through depleted stocks and poor

fisheries management. Copyright 2015 Analyze Corporation. All

rights reserved.

• Goal:

Identify vessel behavior

activity using Satellite

Automatic Identification

System (AIS) data

• Challenge:

Illegal and threatening

behavior covers many different

motions and activities

Requires advanced and

complex computer learning

Involves voluminous amount

of data

IUU Fishing--Behavioral Analytics Match

2009 to 2013 AIS Data

125,000 Unique Vessels

500 million Messages

= 3 Billion Data PointsCopyright 2015 Analyze Corporation. All rights reserved. 5

The Collaborative Team

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Data Sharing Analysis Collaboration Insight

Credit: Ken CampbellDigital Globe

Technology Sensor Data Analytic Capabilities System Integration Social Networks Crowd Sourcing

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Classic “big data” analytics strategy Data Acquisition – Satellite AIS Data

Data Extraction - Raw AIS sensor data is dirty

Data Analysis using a variety of statistical and machine learning techniques

Predictive Analytics involves creating unique prediction functions

Objective: Identify motion behavior through motion analytics

The Process


Timely, Continuous Global Coverage =

Timely, Continuous Global Data

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Ship locations with

shore-based AIS

receivers

Ship locations with

space-based AIS

receivers

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Travel Work Travel

Technical ApproachIdentify basic vessel pattern based on economic incentive and

expected activity for the vessel type

One can understand a single vessel’s behavior…

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Automated model Geometric & pattern matching

Machine learning

Adjusts over time via weighted algorithms based on data

Determines which vessels are “troublesome” (IUU behavior) over five-year period

Provides intelligence for later interdiction and/or legal evidence

Behavioral Modeling


Behavior Patterns

Travel

Travel

Work


Satellite AIS Data Points

KEY:

Green = Travel

Blue = Somewhat Erratic

Red = Work

Pink = Extremely Erratic


Possible Working Activity

Denotes Working Activity


Working Activity Identified


The following video shows a dynamic visualization of vessels engaged in fishing activity changing over a one year period Tracks of fishing and other vessels are detected with satellite-based AIS

receivers operated by SpaceQuest

Vessel tracks are classified by Analyze to rate the likelihood that a ship was actively engaged in fishing activity at each point

Each detection is highlighted using a visualization technology developed jointly by Google and SkyTruth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TOB3X-rw3U

Baseline activity is compared to what is expected and the differences are highlighted as potential threats for interdiction and/or legal action

Results

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Collaboration InsightCopyright 2015 Analyze Corporation. All

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TOB3X-rw3U

Summary

Conclusion

Vessel behaviors can be identified through motion analytics

using satellite AIS data alone

Lat/Long and time all that is needed (VMS/LRIT/SAR)

Insights can now be pushed to operations

Way Ahead

Display real time results

Integrate into user-specific platforms

Flag potential anomalous activity long before it become a threat

Other Applications

Created station-keeping algorithms with Mapquest—where

vehicles stop and why

Profiled insider threat behavior (mouse/keyboard activity) for

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Analyze and Illegal Fishing

in the News

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http://www.wired.com/2014/11/plan-map-illegal-fishing-space/

http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-partners-target-illegal-fishing-with-new-technology-1415927971

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Analyze® Technology Application


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