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New Study Claims Information Sharing is Key to Transparency in International Fisheries

News & Views, Research and analysis / By Kamal Azmi and Katy Seto

Pacific case study suggests greater transparency will improve legitimacy and sustainability of tuna fisheries Transshipment, the transfer of catch from fishing vessels to refrigerated cargo vessels (often called ‘reefers’ or ‘carriers’) is an important part of many seafood supply chains. But when transshipment occurs at sea, loopholes in governance and gaps in monitoring can obscure […]

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Global Fishing Watch Data Reveals Ships Speed through Endangered Whale Habitat

When we click ‘buy’ online or check out at a retail store, we don’t often think about massive ships moving our products across the ocean. Yet we are all connected to the marine shipping industry by the goods we use every day. As the connectors of the global economy, cargo ships move up to 90

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Innovation in Fisheries Management Requires Collaboration between Academia and Technology

Impacts, Research and analysis / By Dr. William Hsu

National Taiwan Ocean University joins forces with Global Fishing Watch to utilize information sharing in the fight against illegal fishing In October 2015 the European Union executive branch – the European Commission (EC) – issued a formal warning (yellow card) to the fishing entity of Taiwan for inadequate measures to prevent and deter illegal, unreported

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Shedding a light on intruders at sea

Research and analysis / By Dyhia Belhabib

The social, economic, and human toll of illegal fishing Illegal fishing drains fish resources from the waters of both poor and rich countries. Over $23 billion US are lost every year to illegal fishing. It is estimated that one in every four fish we consume is caught illegally. The ocean is heavily impacted as fish

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The Rewards of Large-Scale Marine Protection

Fisheries, Research and analysis / By Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez

To conserve or not to conserve Protecting large portions of our oceans from extractive activities can provide enormous benefits to society: food provisioning, carbon storage and sequestration, tourism, storm attenuation and coastline stabilization are only a few of them. So, why do Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) cover only 4.8% of the ocean today? When it

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On the frontline against illegal fishing in the world’s biggest ocean

Fisheries, Impacts, News & Views / By Sarah Bladen

Global Fishing Watch data assists US Coast Guard patrol in the Pacific. The 2019 patrol produced a threefold increase in vessel boardings and an eightfold increase in identified violations compared to 2018. Captain Adam Morrison has 12 years of experience patrolling the oceans of the world with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) during his 24

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Government, research, and industry collaborators in Peru

Collaborating, Adapting Algorithms for Peru’s VMS

Transparency / By Global Fishing Watch

Last week, members of our team traveled to Peru to participate in a workshop on fishing algorithms and data, co-hosted by Oceana Peru and the Instituto del Mar de Peru (IMARPE). We made the journey because Peru is releasing its fishing vessel data to the world – the Peruvian Vice Minister of Fisheries, Hector Soldi,

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A Victory for Transparency in Peru

Transparency / By Andy Sharpless

This letter from Andy Sharpless first appeared on Oceana’s blog. Read the Spanish translation here. I am writing to you from Peru, where I have just witnessed Oceana’s team win an exciting victory.

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Oceana Discovers that EU Countries Have Unlawfully Authorized Vessels to Fish in African Waters

Research and analysis / By Global Fishing Watch

Oceana data analyst Lacey Malarky uses Global Fishing Watch data to tackle numerous questions that may impact fisheries conservation. Her analyses supported a recently passed regulation that will help ensure greater transparency in European Union fisheries. Download the Oceana report to learn more here. Lacey Malarky, Analyst on the Illegal Fishing and Seafood Fraud campaign team

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Fisheries Stakeholders Offer Insights to New Uses and Expanded Datasets

News & Views / By Kimbra Cutlip

During the first two weeks of May, a team of Global Fishing Watch developers, designers and project managers gathered in Europe with members of our user community to teach, learn and brainstorm improvements and new uses for our online map and data.

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A New View of Marine Protected Areas

Research and analysis / By Kimbra Cutlip

In 2016, 33 countries agreed to establish a global network of scientifically supported Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that will increase the amount of ocean area protected from the current 2 percent to 10 percent by the year 2020. MPAs either restrict human activity such as fishing, or they prohibit it all together. But the question

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MPA Survey Hints at Complexity of Marine Conservation

Research and analysis / By Kimbra Cutlip

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are among the best tools we have for conserving biodiversity in the oceans, protecting vulnerable marine life, and providing places of refuge for fish stocks. But do they work? Can vast areas of ocean really be regulated? And if so, what management strategies are most effective?

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Interview with Chris Costello: Environmental Economist

News & Views / By Kimbra Cutlip

A 2016 recipient of the prestigious Peter Benchley Ocean Award, Dr. Christopher Costello is a professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UC Santa Barbara. His work focuses on natural resource management, and in particular, the issues surrounding resources that cannot be claimed by an individual or

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Rush Hour in the Sanctuary

Research and analysis / By Kimbra Cutlip

Way out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, on a sanctuary off limits to fishing activity, scientists are learning the habits of marine life uninterrupted by humans. In a recent study, they’ve found that sharks commute in and out of the lagoons of Palmyra on a daily basis. Rush hour according to the researchers

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Interview with Marine Ecologist Dr. Doug McCauley

News & Views / By Kimbra Cutlip

Last year, Dr. Doug McCauley told the New York Times that humanity may be on the verge of creating a mass extinction in the seas unless we can rapidly change our course. McCauley and his colleagues had just published a paper in Science magazine on the health of the oceans that drew a lot of

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