We’re revolutionizing the ability to monitor the global commercial fishing fleet, offering near real-time tracking of fishing activity via our public map. Anyone can use it, for free, to track fishing boats and download data about their past and present activities. Our platform is helping enable scientific research, advocate for better policies and marine protection, and improve the way fishing is managed.
“With the data Global Fishing Watch provides, governments, fishery management organizations, researchers and the fishing industry can work together to rebuild fisheries and protect critical marine habitats.”
– Leonardo DiCaprio
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation is proud to be a Funding Partner of Global Fishing Watch.
Panama signs agreement to make its fishing fleet visible to the world
Nota de Prensa en español Panama City, 20 March 2019 - Panama today signed a formal agreement to make its [...]
Predicting overlap of tunas, sharks, and ships at sea
Tim White is a PhD candidate at Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station. His recent publication in Science Advances, Predicted [...]
Match-making at sea: how to find fishing fleets
Staring at the Global Fishing Watch map, your eye is inevitably drawn to patterns of vessels that move together. [...]
Just a decade ago, building an accurate picture of the commercial fishing across the globe would have been impossible. Today, thanks to advances in satellite technology, cloud computing and machine learning, Global Fishing Watch is making it a reality.
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Why Global Fishing Watch?
Global
Shows fishing activity of ~65,000 publicly trackable commercial fishing vessels operating in the ocean
Near real-time
Regularly updated to show vessel tracks and fishing activity from January 1, 2012 through three days prior to present time
Easy to use
Designed so experts and non-experts can see and assess fishing activity at a glance and track individual vessels over time
Free for everyone
Available to anyone in the world with an internet connection
