Hackathon winners to help fight illegal fishing

A member of Team ParrotfishNet prepares a smart buoy for testing.

IN a hackathon event organized by Oceana to support its campaign against illegal fishing, Parrotfish SeaMate was adjudged the winning entry among 15 participants in the Karagathon codefest, held in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DoST-ASTI).