was flagged by the system when it entered into a marine protected area near the pacific island of kiribatindicates the crew was fishing. local authorities were able to catch and issue a fine based on the data. some vessels turn off their monitoring systems or send false information on their movements. the system tracked this chinese vessel's suspicious and sudden relocation to the middle of antarctica. the developers of global fishing watch hope it will help strengthen enforcement efforts against illegal fishing. >> so this will help enforcement agencies decide where to allocate their resources, where to do a patrol, for example, or a flyover to investigate whether there's any possible illegal activity happening. >> reporter: u.s. senior administration officials are encouraging other countries like china and those in southeast asia to take more concrete measures to combat illegal fishing. >> for us protecting the ocean is a very important issue, so it really is a matter of international diplomacy to get countries to work together to preserve the ocean. >> reporter: the u.s. thinks the tech