Vessel monitoring system, or VMS, tracks vessels in a similar way to AIS, but has historically been restricted to government regulators or other fisheries authorities. Several countries have released their VMS publicly on the Global Fishing Watch map. VMS systems broadcast positions at set intervals and some systems allow operators to increase transmission frequency when […]
Discover how these complementary systems work, where each excels and why using them together strengthens fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance.
On World Ocean Day in June 2017, we partnered with Minister Susi Pudjiastuti and the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries to publicly release Indonesian Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data. This was the first ever public release of VMS data. Previously accessible only in a dedicated public workspace on our site, this data is […]
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 […]
With our marine ecosystems under constant threat from overfishing and illegal operations, regulatory bodies need a reliable way to monitor commercial fishing fleets.
Last week, members of our team traveled to Peru to participate in a workshop on fishing algorithms and data, co-hosted by Oceana Peru and the Instituto del Mar de Peru (IMARPE). We made the journey because Peru is releasing its fishing vessel data to the world – the Peruvian Vice Minister of Fisheries, Hector Soldi, […]
Errors in fishing effort and fishing event data have been fully resolved.
For more information, contact: Kimbra Cutlip / [email protected] /+1 443.871.1632 See the public Indonesia workspace map revealing Indonesian VMS data alongside AIS data. https://globalfishingwatch.org/indonesia-vms ALL MEDIA INCLUDED HERE IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THIS GOOGLE DRIVE Youtube Video available here: https://youtu.be/U0vgrj9GhoU FOR IMAGES BELOW Credit: Global Fishing Watch, Inc., 2017 Captions: Global Fishing Watch uses publicly broadcast AIS signals to track fishing vessels. […]
To view different types of fishing vessel data, on the top of the left sidebar, we have the Activity section. The ‘apparent fishing effort’ includes AIS and VMS data. AIS data can be filtered by flag and gear type. VMS data can be filtered by source, flag and, in some cases, by gear type, fleet […]
The VMS data remains under the ownership of the respective national authorities and we cannot release it publicly beyond displaying it on our map.
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