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“The blue paradox” published in PNAS
Can you actually make a problem worse by promising to solve it? That’s a conundrum that policymakers face — [...]
Canada takes aim at illegal fishing as momentum grows for global ocean action
Last week, G7 Environment, Energy and Oceans Ministers convened in Halifax, on Canada’s rugged Atlantic coast, to tackle some [...]
At the G7, youth call for innovation challenge and labelling standards to address IUU fishing
This post was contributed by Kathryn Pundyk and Angelique Pouponneau. “Globally, 1 in 5 fish is caught illegally, resulting [...]
How satellite data and artificial intelligence are putting a spotlight on our blue planet
Tony Long, CEO, Global Fishing Watch Imagine being told that a vital and valuable resource, found in [...]
Global Fishing Watch provides training to Peru’s vessel surveillance group
We were very pleased to complete a three day training session this month in Lima with the Peruvian Ministry [...]
Protecting Cocos Island
The Cocos Island National Park (CINP) is located in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, 532 km southwest of Costa Rica. [...]
Predicting the distribution of the high seas longline fleet
Guillermo Ortuño Crespo, member of The Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab at Duke University As the extent and [...]
Machine learning and satellite data provide the first global view of transshipment activity
Nate Miller, Data Scientist, SkyTruth This week marks the publication of the first-ever global assessment of transshipment [...]
Identification of ‘dark vessels’
Using bright lights to reveal the 'dark' fleetChristopher Elvidge with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Earth Observation [...]