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High seas in the cloud: the role of big data and artificial intelligence in support of high seas governance – The Sargasso Sea pilot

Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This article examines the future governance of areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) in the wake of the new 2023 United Nations Agreement using the work on the Sargasso Sea as a prototype. After discussing the legal framework and current challenges facing the ABNJ regime, some details are provided on open ocean data collection technologies, including big data and artificial intelligence (AI), used in support of ocean governance. Based on a technology-enabled ocean governance cycle, the role that data, information technology and data-science can play in incorporating empirical scientific knowledge into policy and decision-making is examined with a focus on the open ocean. The article concludes with a vision of future high seas governance based on the 2023 Agreement and how big data and AI can play a crucial role in meeting the exciting challenges that the new agreement poses.
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1427099
Authors: David Freestone, Kieran N. Bjergstrom, Kristina M. Gjerde, Patrick Halpin, Kevin P. Fleming, Andrew Hudson, Alex D. Rogers, Fae Sapsford, Vardis M. Tsontos, Jorge Vazquez-Cuervo, David Vousden
Institutions: George Washington University, Loughborough University, International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States), Duke University, King's College London, World Maritime University, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Rhodes University
Language: English
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,295
OpenAlex ID: W4401740775
FWCI: 4.145
Cites: 81
Cited by: 10
Related to: 10