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 […]
SANTIAGO, Chile — On Friday, the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) concluded its 13th Annual Commission Meeting with a call for greater transparency in support of strong and effective fisheries management.
Senegal Our work Since 2021, Global Fishing Watch has been working with Senegal to enhance fisheries governance, build capacity and deploy cutting-edge technology to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. What started as a collaboration through TMT to bolster port controls in Senegal and three other African States has matured into a long-term, shared […]
Global Ocean Mapping Related expert: David Kroodsma Imagine a world where every commercial vessel and every industrial structure on the ocean is monitored in near real-time—a world where decision makers and the public have access to detailed insights into maritime operations. Global Fishing Watch is on the way to making this a reality through a […]
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