Panama’s new transparency commitment is the latest milestone in the country’s transformation into a global leader for fisheries management, says Global Fishing Watch’s Mónica Espinoza Miralles
Track deep-sea mining vessels in near real time with the new Deep-Sea Mining Watch portal — transparency for our ocean’s future.
Global Fishing Watch’s Monica Espinoza Miralles reveals how regional cooperation and technology are reshaping ocean governance in one of the world’s most biodiverse seas
Four Latin American countries are harnessing cutting-edge technology to bolster marine protection and chart a new course in sustainable ocean governance The Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Central and South America is home to some of the richest concentrations of biodiversity on Earth, a haven for marine life ranging from whales, sharks, dolphins and sea turtles to vibrant corals, dense schools of pelagic fish and tiny phytoplankton.
Mapping protected areas in the Mediterranean helps shine a light on illegal bottom trawling
Satellite imagery and AI provide 30 percent more global coverage for detecting human activity at sea
Norway Promoting ocean transparency together Our collaboration with Norway formally began in May 2022 when the Directorate of Fisheries agreed to publish fishing data for its large vessels on the Global Fishing Watch map. With this decision, Norway reinforced its commitment to transparency, reflecting its desire to make all government data publicly available wherever possible. […]
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 […]
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