Media contact: Kimbra Cutlip Kimbra (at) GlobalFishingWatch.org +1 443.871.1632 [MULTI-MEDIA AVAILABLE HERE] Nov 1, 2017: Global Fishing Watch is pleased to announce that, through a partnership with Spire Global, Inc, it has doubled the amount of data used to identify and track nearly 60,000 commercial fishing vessels on the world’s oceans. The Global Fishing Watch […]
Sam Weber worked previously for the Ascension Island Government and is currently at the University of Exeter helping to establish the largest Marine Protected Area in the Atlantic around Ascension Island.
Highly mobile fisheries present more possibilities for data-driven approach to inform regulation.
While illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing has been recognized as a global problem that threatens ocean ecosystems, sustainable fisheries and economic security, unregulated activity has received less attention.
Global Fishing Watch has established a new partnership with Spire Global, providing even more precise and consistent AIS activity data through the use of ExactView satellites. As of January 1, 2023, Global Fishing Watch data is generated using both Spire and Spire Global satellites and will no longer use OrbComm data. Users should be aware […]
A wave of ocean action shows opportunities for greater transparency toward marine governance Tony Long, CEO, Global Fishing Watch 2022 dawned with even more uncertainty than most years. With COVID-19 lingering, it was unclear if the ocean conservation and fisheries management communities could hold the international meetings necessary to kick start work that had stalled […]
Projects Measuring Impacts of a Growing Fleet Ocean-going vessel activity quantified at scale © photoneye / Shutterstock By processing and analyzing data from automatic identification systems (AIS), we are able to reveal the global pattern of all sea-going vessels and begin to identify their impacts on ocean ecosystems. An increasing challenge Vessel traffic has quadrupled […]
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Commercial fishing is an energy-intensive business, and not just for the fishers hauling in the catch. Fishing vessels burn a lot of fuel. In fact, according to Naya Olmer, Marine Program Associate at the International Council on Clean Transportation, industrial-sized commercial fishing vessels are responsible for more than 4 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions released […]
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