Sufficient budgeting of resources for surveillance and enforcement is an important element of this (Agardy, Notarbartolo di Sciara and Christie, 2011). The emergence of new technical options to ensure the surveillance and enforcement of remote maritime areas (Brooke, Lim and Ardron, 2010, Game et al., Recent initiatives to use satellite data (e.g. in die Galapagos), massive data processing and advanced software to detect illegal behaviour of shipping vessels may play a big role in boosting enforcement.