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Fisheries intelligence report reveals vessel behaviors associated with spoofing activity
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

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

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

Global Fishing Watch to reveal all human activity at sea with investment through The Audacious Project
USD $60 million funding will catalyze a new initiative to apply AI and satellite data to help end illegal fishing and safeguard the ocean

New research uses GPS data to reveal longline vessels pose significant risk to threatened albatross
Fishing for tuna into daylight hours increases dangers for iconic seabirds, presents opportunity for better management

Where is your squid coming from? Most likely unregulated waters, according to a new international study
New research fuses multiple data sources to advance understanding of the expanding footprint of global squid fleets Scientists and policymakers have voiced growing concerns about the decline of global squid stocks, but little has been done to date to target

New research reveals shifting identities of global fishing fleet to help bolster fisheries management
Scientific study fuses multiple data sources to advance global understanding of vessel identity and behavior A new study published today in Science Advances combines a decade’s worth of satellite vessel tracking data with identification information from more than 40 public

Global analysis shows where fishing vessels’ identification devices have been switched off
New research displays intentional disabling of automatic identification system devices to provide insights into illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activity A new analysis harnesses automatic identification system, or AIS, data to provide information about global fishing activity, including illegal, unreported

New Data Reveals Bottom Trawling In Protected Areas
Greater transparency needed to stop illegal fishing in the Mediterranean Members of the Med Sea Alliance, a diverse coalition of nonprofit organizations, today launched a new data atlas which, for the first-time, maps areas permanently closed to bottom trawling across

Global Fishing Watch welcomes partnership with Papua New Guinea to share vessel tracking data
Momentum builds as a second nation in the Pacific makes critical decision to make fishing activity data accessible and transparent In a newly established partnership with Global Fishing Watch, Papua New Guinea has committed to sharing vessel tracking data from