New Environmental Layers

Global Fishing Watch has released updates to the marine manager portal to continue to support MPA managers, NGOs and researchers working toward dynamic marine management and the sustainable use of ocean resources. In addition to the already existing datasets and functions, anyone can now: 

• Readily access 12 new environmental datasets curated from your requests.
  • Global Fishing Watch has added an open global radar detections layer, derived from synthetic aperture radar or SAR, to display at-sea vessels, in any weather conditions. Bringing in datasets from renowned researchers and data providers, like Copernicus, NOAA and PacIOOS, the 12 datasets include:
    • Dynamic oceanographic variables – including dissolved oxygen, pH and wave height; and,
    • Ecosystems – including coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses and more.
  • As you explore human activity data, you will now be able to understand critical or sensitive ecosystems and oceanographic variables in your area of interest.
• Analyze environmental datasets across time.
  • You can better understand dynamic oceanographic variables through space and time within your area of interest.
  • Review statistics for any environmental dataset through dynamic reports, including the minimum, maximum, and mean values within your area of interest.
• Upload your own datasets with more customization for enhanced visualization and analysis.
  • Polygon, track, and point datasets can be uploaded in csv, geojson, kml, and shapefile formats. 
  • Visualize datasets alongside Global Fishing Watch human activity and environmental data readily available in the marine manager portal.
  • Explore your datasets using temporal filters.
    • If you have shark tracking data or survey data for multiple species, you can dynamically filter the data by species, sex, or another dataset property.
    • If you have vessel data that includes the speed of the vessel along each track segment, you can filter by speed per segment. Use this to see the speed of a vessel within an area-based speed limit.
  • You have full control to decide whether to share the visualization of the dataset with others.
• Benefit from general platform improvements.
  • We have implemented general improvements across many aspects of Marine Manager based on user feedback, including:
    • An easier way to navigate the sidebar; and,
    • Performance enhancements.

Find our user guide, supporting information and tutorials on the Global Fishing Watch website. Share feedback through the built-in feedback form in the left sidebar on the marine manager portal or add feature requests to our public Canny board. Email [email protected] for support.

Release – Thursday 8 February