Revolutionizing Ocean Monitoring and Analysis

Transparency Boosts Compliance in Chilean Fishery

Data transparency and effective monitoring and enforcement improved compliance in Chile's Patagonian toothfish fishery, setting a benchmark for fisheries management worldwide.

Visualization of Earth showing glowing yellow lines representing human industrial activity at sea, highlighting data mapped from satellite imagery and GPS tracking.
Mapping Human Activity at Sea From Space

Satellite imagery, vessel GPS data and machine learning are used to analyze millions of gigabytes of data to provide a first-of-its-kind snapshot of industrial activity at sea.

Vessel Viewer

Empowering users with information to combat IUU fishing while promoting regional cooperation and data transparency, Vessel Viewer provides innovative solutions for maritime monitoring and surveillance.

What we do

Our purpose is to create and publicly share knowledge about human activity at sea to enable fair and sustainable use of our ocean.

We use cutting-edge technology to turn big data into actionable information. We believe human activity at sea should be common knowledge in order to safeguard the global ocean for the good of all.

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Transparency

By embracing transparency, governments and authorities have a more cost-effective way of monitoring vessels, allowing fishers to demonstrate compliance rather than requiring the country to prove illegality.

Research

Global Fishing Watch partners with leading scientific institutions to produce new open-source datasets and analyses and understand the most critical challenges facing our ocean.

Technology

Our open-access data visualizations and analysis tools enable scientific research and drive a transformation in how we manage our ocean.
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