Ports provide an important source of information to help us combat Illegal fishing and understand the science and economics of global fisheries. “They serve as the interface between land and sea for fishing vessels,” says Wessley Merten, our data and fisheries analyst at Oceana. “Wherever there’s a port, there’s an interaction. Whether it be offloading catch, […]
On the pages of Science Magazine (comment and response), Twitter, the University of Washington’s Sustainable Fisheries blog, and The Atlantic, my co-authors and I have engaged in a healthy debate with University of Washington researchers about how to measure the global footprint of fisheries. This exchange has helped raise awareness of different ways to measure, understand, and […]
The agreement will harness technology and transparency to strengthen surveillance of marine protected areas and safeguard biodiversity
Driving ocean transparency across Latin America Related expert: Mónica Espinoza Miralles Latin American waters are among the planet’s most biodiverse and productive. Stretching from the Pacific to the Atlantic, they nurture coral reefs, support vast fisheries and sustain millions of coastal communities. However, as pressures on marine ecosystems grow, due to issues such as overfishing […]
With support from Global Fishing Watch, Panama adopts new guidelines to oversee transshipment at sea, strengthening accountability.
The agreement will harness technology and transparency to strengthen surveillance of marine protected areas and safeguard biodiversity
SAR vessel and fixed infrastructure detections are now available in new layers.
Updates to the data download portal include a new vessel detections dataset and SAR detection footprints.
In Conversation with Courtney Farthing With 75 percent of industrial vessels evading public monitoring, Global Fishing Watch’s policy team is driving efforts for binding vessel tracking rules — and a new era of accountability at sea. The ocean plays a central role in feeding the planet and powering the global economy. According to estimates, more […]
Backed by Global Fishing Watch, the new guidelines enhance vessels monitoring and mandate the integration of new open data technologies A new policy document adopted by the government of Panama is slated to help the Central American country improve controls of its international service fleet and boost transshipment oversight as part of a move to […]
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