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At Our Ocean Conference, Global Fishing Watch welcomes international partnerships to enhance ocean management

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Key collaborations will bolster fisheries governance through greater transparency, data-sharing and policy reform ATHENS, Greece – Global Fishing Watch, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing ocean governance through transparency of human activity at sea, has announced three pioneering collaborations with Greece, Panama and the West African Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) in a bid to […]

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Ask the Expert: Tim Hochberg, Senior machine learning engineer

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Ask the Expert Tim Hochberg Senior machine learning engineer How do you match automatic identification system data with satellite imagery to identify publicly tracked vessels? Automatic identification systems, commonly referred to as AIS, transmit a ship’s position and alerts others to its whereabouts. While originally designed as a collision avoidance mechanism, AIS is regularly used

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Ask the Expert: Pete Davis, Data scientist

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Ask the Expert Pete DavisData scientist What challenges exist in identifying offshore oil and wind structures when developing fixed infrastructure models? Creating a picture of what’s taking place beyond the horizon is far from easy. Our recent study analyzed 2 million gigabytes of satellite imagery to detect vessels and offshore infrastructure in coastal waters across

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Ask the Expert: Fernando Paolo, Senior remote sensing machine learning engineer

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Ask the Expert Fernando Paolo Senior remote sensing machine learning engineer How is satellite data used to map human activity at sea? Analyzing large data streams of satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and optical imagery–a core component of the work we do at Global Fishing Watch–requires a complex workflow. A constellation of satellites image the

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Ask the Expert: Luca Marsaglia, Fisheries analyst, European Union

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Ask the Expert Luca MarsagliaFisheries 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. A

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New research harnesses AI and satellite imagery to reveal the expanding footprint of human activity at sea

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Study reveals 75 percent of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are hidden from public view WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new study published today in the journal Nature offers an unprecedented view of previously unmapped industrial use of the ocean and how it is changing. The groundbreaking study, led by Global Fishing Watch, uses machine learning

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Joint Analytical Cell Supports Joint Patrol Operation with Technology, Analysis and Intelligence to Target Illegal Fishing in the Gulf of Guinea

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The Joint Analytical Cell (JAC) had the opportunity to support the Africa Nemo 23.04 joint patrol in the Gulf of Guinea. The annual patrol is a collaborative effort led by the French Navy responsible for the Atlantic Area (CECLANT) and included the navies of Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, the European Fisheries Control Agency

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Pilot users tout value of innovative vessel history tool across sectors

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Vessel Viewer informs decision-making and operational planning for ports, insurance and seafood supply chains Few industries are as hard to monitor as commercial fishing, and few products as hard to trace as seafood. The challenges range from knowing a fishing vessel’s identity and what they are doing on the ocean’s vast expanses—and the history of

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Fisheries intelligence report reveals vessel behaviors associated with spoofing activity

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The Joint Analytical Cell finds a Chinese-linked squid fleet manipulating vessel identities and locations The Joint Analytical Cell (JAC) published a new collaborative analysis examining a fleet of Chinese-linked distant-water squid fishing vessels displaying behavior that indicates efforts to hide fishing activity, including possible illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) activity. Specific cases were identified by

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Canada and the UK Commit Support to the Joint Analytical Cell to Combat Illegal Fishing

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NEW YORK –  Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (U.K.) announced during the 78th session of the U.N. General Assembly their commitment to support the Joint Analytical Cell (JAC), a collaborative initiative which provides authorities with the intelligence, analysis, and capacity building needed to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU)

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Global Fishing Watch and Palau Enter Partnership to Enhance Transparency in Fisheries Sector

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Momentum builds in Pacific as Palau joins progressive countries committed to publicly sharing vessel tracking data NEW YORK, U.S. – Global Fishing Watch welcomes a new partnership with Palau that aims to strengthen sustainable fisheries management and promote transparency as a principle of ocean governance. The agreement, which was signed between Global Fishing Watch and

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