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What are the filters and how do I use them?

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What are the filters and how do I use them?

What are the filters and how do I use them?

You can filter different data and each data has unique attributes that can be used for filtering. Some of the filters that can be found are:

You can filter the apparent fishing effort by clicking on the filter icon in the Activity section. Depending on the source, you have different options:

- Automatic identification system (AIS)
  - Flags: To filter AIS apparent fishing effort data by flag, choose the country or countries that you would like to view.
  - Gear Types: To filter AIS apparent fishing effort data by gear type, select the types of gear you are interested in from the dropdown menu.

- Vessel monitoring system (VMS) Chile
  - Flags
  - Fleet: To filter VMS Chile data by fleet, select the fleet options you are interested in from the dropdown menu

- VMS Peru

- VMS Indonesia

In the Vessels section
- To filter vessels results, you first need to Login with your Global Fishing Watch account and you can filter by different criteria like source, flag and active dates (period when the vessel was actively transmitting positions).

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