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Predicting overlap of tunas, sharks, and ships at sea
Tim White is a PhD candidate at Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station. His recent publication in Science Advances, Predicted [...]
Match-making at sea: how to find fishing fleets
Staring at the Global Fishing Watch map, your eye is inevitably drawn to patterns of vessels that move together. [...]
Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Antha Williams talks transparency
How do you see Global Fishing Watch (GFW) supporting Bloomberg’s Vibrant Oceans Initiative? Until Global Fishing Watch was launched, [...]
The Tale of the Albatross and the Algorithm
The first-ever satellite mapping of fishing vessel behaviours has identified that very few vessels are using one of the [...]
More fishing inside, more sharks outside marine protected areas
Manuel Dureuil is a PhD student researching sharks and Kristina Boerder a postdoctoral fellow working on marine protected areas [...]
Global Fishing Watch 2018 – the year in transparency
After just over a year at the helm, Global Fishing Watch CEO, Tony Long, reflects on how a freely [...]
How Oceana used Global Fishing Watch data to promote transparency at sea during 2018
With increased transparency, we can see beyond the horizon and address the threats facing our oceans. Global Fishing Watch’s [...]
Global Fishing Watch data key to MPA victory in Argentina
Camellia Williams is a Lead Writer at Vizzuality. See her original blog post here. We love hearing stories about [...]
Oil rigs alive: marine life abounds in unlikely places
Amber Jackson, Blue Latitudes There comes a time when the useful life of an oil platform comes [...]