Ecuador Promoting ocean transparency together Our collaboration with Ecuador began in December 2020 when the National Directorate of Aquatic Spaces (DIRNEA) signed a memorandum of understanding to share its fishing vessel tracking data on the Global Fishing Watch map. The agreement demonstrated Ecuador’s desire to enhance its technological capabilities to bolster monitoring and control of […]
Analysis of artificial reefing areas will bring marine life benefits to the Gulf of Mexico. Opinions surrounding the oil industry are dynamic, complex and often controversial. However, there is one viewpoint that almost all fishers can agree on: some of the best fishing the Gulf of Mexico has to offer can be found around offshore […]
Datasets and Code: Transhipment Thanks to a practice known as transshipment—the transfer of catch between vessels—fishers can stay at sea for months at a time without ever having to take a costly and time-consuming trip back to port to offload catch. However, transshipment also obscures the seafood supply chain from hook to port and hobbles […]
Topics Commercial fishing Global Fishing Watch is harnessing innovative technology to turn transparent data into actionable information and drive tangible change in the way that fisheries are governed. Learn more Transshipment Through publicly sharing map visualizations and creating data and analysis tools, we seek to inform management and policy efforts and provide a more complete […]
See how Global Fishing Watch uses technology, data and machine learning to map human activity at sea and support transparent, sustainable ocean governance.
Datasets and Code: Anchorages, Ports and Voyages Ports are critical hubs in global supply chains and provide vessels of all types with access to support services like fuel and supplies. Unscrupulous actors may seek to avoid scrutiny and operate out of ports with little or reduced oversight. Effective monitoring of fishing ports is important to […]
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 […]
Chile Our work Global Fishing Watch is supporting Chile’s efforts to ensure the responsible use of marine resources and cement its role as a leading advocate for transparent fisheries practices across the region. To do this, we work with a diverse group of government officials to embed transparency as a fundamental principle in the country’s […]
Ask the Expert Tim Hochberg Senior machine learning engineer How do you match automatic identification system data with satellite imagery to identify publicly tracked vessels? Automatic identification systems, commonly referred to as AIS, transmit a ship’s position and alerts others to its whereabouts. While originally designed as a collision avoidance mechanism, AIS is regularly used […]
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