AI Can Help Save the Ocean — If We Let It
Artificial intelligence is already transforming ocean governance. Now it’s time for governments to use it.
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Our Approach
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
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 […]
Updated Marine Manager Portal Gives More Diverse and Dynamic Tools for Ocean Management
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 […]
New Detections From Synthetic Aperture Radar
SAR vessel and fixed infrastructure detections are now available in new layers.
Digital Eyes on the Ocean: How vessel tracking can support the 30×30 goal
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
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 […]
Country Outreach
Country Outreach Related expert: Mónica Espinoza Miralles, Mariagrazia Graziano, Dame Mboup Engaging national governments Sustainable ocean governance relies on the actions of a wide range of influential stakeholders. But the role played by national governments is especially key. In charge of regulating their own waters and fishing fleets, these governments are responsible for implementing management […]
Ask the Expert: Luca Marsaglia, Fisheries analyst, European Union
Ask the Expert Luca Marsaglia Fisheries analyst, European Union What is the value of using research-derived datasets in analyses? Fisheries management is no simple task. The distribution of species, changes in productivity, management boundaries, illegal fishing and corruption are all factors that make oversight and governance of fisheries challenging. And the Mediterranean Sea is no exception. […]
Joint Analytical Cell
Joint Analytical Cell Overview The Joint Analytical Cell is an initiative that aims to provide authorities with fisheries intelligence, analysis and capacity building to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The collaboration brings together various stakeholders to build key insights and capacity that will help enhance fisheries management. Who we are Founded in 2022 […]