The Tuna Industry Gets a Boost Thanks to Deep Learning

The tuna industry is already big business, pulling in billions of dollars each year and now it's due to get another boost with thanks to deep learning techniques that aim to get computers to recognize tuna automatically. The next step up from this would be for the computers to be then able to distinguish between albacore and yellowfin tuna. This is the plan moving forward for the Nature Conservancy, who are a non-profit environmental organization that looks to conserve all lands and water on which life depends. By using AI deep learning techniques, their hope is that they can help fisherman reduce the amount of protected species that are accidentally being caught when fishing for tuna (including sharks and turtles). It will also help to prevent overfishing while allowing endangered species a chance to recover.