Some else to enhance the management of our EEZ, it’s marine life, our fishing stocks, and movement of vessels on or below the surface would be the use of bouys equipped with 600 foot long sonar arrays. Operated by a national fisheries agency they would also be civilian and work in conjunction with any marine management agency responsible for the EEZ. The navy could use the data to enhance any naval owned seabed sensor network.
Data from these bouys could be relayed by satellite or the Talons communication system.
Another technology could be UAVs equipped with AI on small ships that can be used for fishing/fish detection, that could also delay data on if they pick up a man made undersea object.
This kind of data can be relayed to our native fishermen, helping them fish in the most efficient manner, with the resources and board they already have, and decrease the need to bring in foreign commercial fishing trawlers. Creating more jobs for locals but also allowing the government to manage how much fish are taken from the fishing stocks to keep the populations of fish sustainable, while also maximizing taxable revenue and food supply for the nation.