Our APIs SEE DOCUMENTATION Explore, visualize and freely download Global Fishing Watch data and synthesize multiple streams of information through our API portal. By openly publishing our APIs, we aim to transform global collaboration and catalyze solutions to address the ocean’s most complex problems. Building innovative ways to access and integrate our dynamic data Global […]
Global Fishing Watch is using radar data to detect fishing vessels hidden from monitoring systems Global Fishing Watch is working to transform fisheries governance by harnessing satellite data to publicly show the movements of fishing vessels. A key data source for detecting apparent global fishing activity is satellite automatic identification system, or AIS—a collision avoidance […]
JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA AND GLOBAL FISHING WATCH, INC. JUNE, 2017 The Republic of Indonesia and Global Fishing Watch, Inc.* have entered into a partnership to deliver Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data for all Indonesian flagged fishing vessels in a publicly-available data platform. We believe the public sharing of VMS data should […]
Jakarta, Indonesia – Ahead of the presidential election debate, the international non-profit organisation, Global Fishing Watch, calls on presidential candidates to commit to transparency in the management of the marine and fisheries sector, in order to fight illegal fishing and ensure the benefits of well-managed marine resources can be enjoyed by the Indonesian people. On February […]
New data reveals suspected vessel rendezvous at sea and sheds light on the ‘dark’ fleet Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has increased ocean transparency by releasing the first-ever ‘live’ global view of likely transshipping at sea — a practice that can mask illegal fishing activity, and imagery of night-time fishing and its location, exposing vessels often […]
Ask the Expert Jose Angel ParreñoFront-end engineer How does the technical framework behind Global Fishing Watch’s map support visualizations of large datasets? The Global Fishing Watch map allows anyone to analyze human activity taking place across the ocean at different geographic and time scales. Map users can perform a range of tasks with this information, […]
Global Fishing Watch establishes new portal to make application programming interfaces available to public Inequitable access to data and technology in support of ocean stewardship often leads to lost opportunities in decision-making and innovation—especially in under-resourced countries. The international community continues to fall short in its efforts to conserve and sustainably use the ocean and […]
Peruvian vessel monitoring system is shining a light on the large artisanal squid fleet in the Southeast Pacific Ocean, Peru’s second most important fishery. Peru recognizes the value of transparency to improve the monitoring and management of its rich fisheries. The country has publicly shared its vessel monitoring system (VMS) data since March 2018, but […]
After opening its fishing vessel tracking data to the public, Brazil is showing how transparency can drive effective stewardship of one of the world's largest ocean territories.
Technology portal synthesizes data to protect Tristan da Cunha’s biodiversity Tristan da Cunha, part of a volcanic archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, is surrounded by rich marine biodiversity. © Andy Schofield / Royal Society for the Protection of Birds It is hard to get more remote than Tristan da Cunha. The eponymous main island […]
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