Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a global crisis that continues to undermine marine ecosystems, distort markets and drain the global economy of billions of dollars each year.
A new open-data platform is bringing transparency and accountability to the realm of deep-sea mining, says Paul Woods
An investigation using the Global Fishing Watch map uncovered months of offshore fossil fuel activity raising concerns for fisheries and coastal communities
Artificial intelligence is already transforming ocean governance. Now it’s time for governments to use it.
Our Approach Our ocean under threat Covering over 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, the ocean is our planet’s life support system. It provides the air we breathe and the food we eat, regulates our climate, supports wildlife and sustains the fisheries that feed and employ people around the globe. But the ocean is under […]
Transparency: A Necessary Principle for Greater Ocean Governance Overview Today, the health of our ocean is under immense pressure from both intensive human activity and climate change. The United Nations estimates that two-thirds of the marine environment has been significantly altered by human actions, particularly fisheries where a third of the world’s major commercial fish […]
Researchers can now compare levels of human activity over time to better fathom human behavior and impacts of management on marine ecosystems Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an important tool for safeguarding fragile ecosystems, endemic species and fish stocks throughout our global ocean. A growing number of countries around the world, with Chile as a […]
SAR vessel and fixed infrastructure detections are now available in new layers.
As the 10th Our Ocean Conference discusses the future of digital oceans, Global Fishing Watch’s Tony Long and Paolo Domondon renew their call for a binding vessel tracking mandate to help deliver on the promise of 30x30.
Ask the Expert Hannah Linder Senior Manager, Data and Analysis How do pipelines feed data into Global Fishing Watch’s map and how has the latest release standardized the process for future pipeline updates? Our map is based on satellite data that contains key information on vessel identities and positions. A data pipeline takes this raw […]
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