NY Times article
here.

In June, the Wildlife Conservation Society began training
operators from the Belize Fisheries Department to use two drones to help track
illegal fishing activities. The drones went into use just at the start of
lobster season.

This is only the beginning, said Julio R. Maaz, community fisheries coordinator
for the conservation society in Belize, who hopes the drones will prove a
cost-effective way to “monitor our national waters.”

“Now we have a whole fleet of conservation drones built for different purposes,”
he said. “The ones we built for Belize were specifically designed to withstand
the harsh saltwater environment.”

Dr. Maaz said the drones would be used for about six months to monitor various
locations daily. Then the Fisheries Department will step back and assess the
results.

“Expectations are very high in Belize,” Dr. Maaz said. “There’s so much we can
do and need to do.”