Bright Lights Reveal the “Dark” Fleet A new partnership between Global Fishing Watch and NOAA matches night-time imagery with monitoring data from fishing vessels. January 16, 2018: Global Fishing Watch has entered into a new data-sharing partnership with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve understanding of the activity of fishing vessels […]
Transparency Related expert: Courtney Farthing – Resources Transparency is critical to understanding activities taking place across the ocean and where those activities pose a risk to marine ecosystems, fisheries and coastal communities. It is also vital to reducing illegal and unreported fishing and promoting responsible ocean stewardship. Global Fishing Watch’s 2030 goals are founded on […]
Guia de Mapas English | Español | Français | Portuguese |中文 Menu Introdução O mapa Global Fishing Watch é a primeira plataforma on-line de acesso aberto para visualização e análise da atividade humana baseada em embarcações no mar. Alimentado por tecnologia de satélite e aprendizado de máquina, o mapa mescla vários tipos de dados de […]
Guide d’utilisation de la carte English | Español | Français | Portuguese |中文 Menu Introduction La carte Global Fishing Watch est la première plateforme en ligne en libre accès pour la visualisation et l’analyse de l’activité maritime humaine à bord de navires. Utilisant la technologie satellitaire et l’apprentissage automatique, la carte fusionne plusieurs types de […]
User Guide English | Español | Français | Portuguese |中文 Menu Introduction The Global Fishing Watch map is the first open-access online platform for visualization and analysis of vessel-based human activity at sea. Powered by satellite technology and machine learning, the map merges multiple types of vessel tracking data to provide a view of global […]
Detailed Apparent Fishing Activity Overview Use cases AIS limitations VMS limitations Caveats General fishing model: How it works Fishing model pipeline Model performance Systematic bias Statistical bias Squid jigger predictions Longline predictions prototype Drifting longline fishing model and general fishing model Building the drifting longline fishing events insights Caveats and known issues of longline model […]
Global Fishing Watch has launched an improved version — version 4 — of our automatic identification system (AIS), vessel identity, object detection and vessel monitoring system (VMS) data pipelines.
The comprehensive guide offers more than 70 practical recommendations to leverage ocean transparency for better ocean governance
Our Technology Harvesting big data Processing the data Sharing the results Just a decade ago, building an accurate picture of human activity at sea across the globe would have been impossible. But thanks to advances in satellite technology, cloud computing and machine learning, Global Fishing Watch is now making it a reality. We are revolutionizing […]
Oceana and Global Fishing Watch Applaud Chile’s Leadership on Fisheries Transparency The Chilean government today signed an agreement to make its vessel tracking data publicly available through the Global Fishing Watch (GFW) map, which tracks the movements of commercial fishing* vessels in near real-time. The agreement, which was made between Chile’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture […]
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