{"id":227551,"date":"2026-06-07T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/seahorses-and-shark-fins-are-illegally-trafficked-an-ai-tool-could-help-stop-this-crime\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T19:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:40:13","slug":"seahorses-and-shark-fins-are-illegally-trafficked-an-ai-tool-could-help-stop-this-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/seahorses-and-shark-fins-are-illegally-trafficked-an-ai-tool-could-help-stop-this-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahorses and shark fins are illegally trafficked. An AI tool could help stop this crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/seahorses-and-shark-fins-are-illegally-trafficked-an-ai-tool-could-help-stop-this-crime-284448\">Seahorses and shark fins are illegally trafficked. An AI tool could help stop this crime<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/seahorses-and-shark-fins-are-illegally-trafficked-an-ai-tool-could-help-stop-this-crime-284448\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/seahorses-and-shark-fins-are-illegally-trafficked-an-ai-tool-could-help-stop-this-crime-284448<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-07 19:31:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New study published in the journal Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability demonstrates how artificial intelligence (AI) can assist in detecting illegal marine wildlife trafficking at international airports and mail facilities.<\/li>\n<li>Illegal wildlife trafficking is a global crime generating billions in illicit revenue annually and often associates with other forms of criminal activity such as drug, arms, and human trafficking.<\/li>\n<li>The UN Office on Drugs and Crime identifies five main sources of demand for wildlife trafficking: food, medicine, pets and ornamental plants, specialist collections, and adornment.<\/li>\n<li>A significant portion of wildlife trafficking involves marine animals, including seahorses and shark fins, affecting around 4,000 species globally.<\/li>\n<li>The study developed world-first marine wildlife detection algorithms using a library of 3D X-ray images of dead marine animals like shark fins, seahorses, and sea cucumbers.<\/li>\n<li>The developed algorithm achieved successful detection rates of 95% for shark fins, 95% for seahorses, and 85% for sea cucumbers, highlighting its potential in detecting illegal marine wildlife trade.<\/li>\n<li>While AI will greatly enhance detection capabilities, it must be used alongside human inspectors and biosecurity dogs to ensure accurate identification and verification of any flagged items.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seahorses and shark fins are illegally trafficked. An AI tool could help stop this crime&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/740181\/original\/file-20260605-71-hncxir.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C811%2C3024%2C1512&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-227551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227553,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227551\/revisions\/227553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}