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I was hoping this was somehow mapped in real-time to follow movements of ocean life. Is there any efforts to doing so, if it's even a reasonable endeavour?

I personally think it'd be a worthwhile thing to do - but maybe will take such a massive amount of resources that we'll have to solve more pressing issues and stabilize society first before we'll - with precision - manage the ocean as a food source?



If it's possible to peek under the ocean in realtime to any significant degree, I reckon it would be the single most sensitive government secret: it would enable tracking nuclear submarines.


30+ years ago I visited a skif at NRL, and someone responsible for doing the mapping said that they basically tracked all the whales, even back then.


Whales are loud with their communication, so I could see that easily being possible - especially as pods and even specific whales apparently have unique voices.




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