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User Guide – Portuguese

Guia de Mapas English | Español | Français | Portuguese |中文 Menu Introdução O mapa Global Fishing Watch é a primeira plataforma on-line de acesso aberto para visualização e análise da atividade humana baseada em embarcações no mar. Alimentado por tecnologia de satélite e aprendizado de máquina, o mapa mescla vários tipos de dados de […]

User Guide – French

Guide d’utilisation de la carte English | Español | Français | Portuguese |中文 Menu Introduction La carte Global Fishing Watch est la première plateforme en ligne en libre accès pour la visualisation et l’analyse de l’activité maritime humaine à bord de navires. Utilisant la technologie satellitaire et l’apprentissage automatique, la carte fusionne plusieurs types de […]

User Guide

User Guide English | Español | Français | Portuguese |中文 Menu Introduction The Global Fishing Watch map is the first open-access online platform for visualization and analysis of vessel-based human activity at sea. Powered by satellite technology and machine learning, the map merges multiple types of vessel tracking data to provide a view of global […]

Government, research, and industry collaborators in Peru

Collaborating, Adapting Algorithms for Peru’s VMS

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, […]

Platform Updates

Platform Updates 2025 March – Vessel Viewer and Vessels API – New vessel identity fields from TMT New vessel identity information provided by TMT is now available in vessel profiles in Vessel Viewer, including vessel gear type, year built, length, depth, gross tonnage and photo, when available Global Fishing Watch and TMT are pleased to […]

Bright Lights Reveal the “Dark” Fleet: Media Kit

CAPTION: Arufura Sea, January, 2018. Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data from Indonesia is shown in the Global Fishing Watch map as yellowish dots. This image is overlayed with data from NOAA’s satellite-based Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) which detects many vessels not broadcasting VMS. VIIRS-detected vessels are shown here as blue sailboats. CREDIT: Global […]

Multi Media: First Public View of Indonesian Fishing Fleet from Government VMS data

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. […]

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Chile to publish vessel tracking data through Global Fishing Watch

Oceana and Global Fishing Watch Applaud Chile’s Leadership on Fisheries Transparency The Chilean government today signed an agreement to make its vessel tracking data publicly available through the Global Fishing Watch (GFW) map, which tracks the movements of commercial fishing* vessels in near real-time. The agreement, which was made between Chile’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture […]

Panama VMS

Panama publishes vessel tracking data through Global Fishing Watch

Oslo, Norway. October 23, 2019. In front of world leaders gathered in Oslo, Norway for the sixth-annual Our Ocean conference, Panama announced the public release of its vessel tracking data via Global Fishing Watch (GFW). Panama’s distant water fishing fleet is now visible in GFW’s public map in near real time, for free. Panama reinforced […]

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