Ocean camera network launched to protect wildlife in UK Overseas Territories

Rigs will film and analyse white marlin, silky sharks, black triggerfish, loggerhead turtles, Gould’s squid and sea snakes

Researcher Naima Andreas Lopez with a midwater BRUVS (Blue Abacus/PA)

A network of underwater cameras designed to protect wildlife beneath the waves are being installed across UK Overseas Territories.

The government said the project is the first of its kind and the world’s largest ocean monitoring system to protect wildlife.

It is also part of the UK’s Blue Belt programme of marine protected areas around the globe.