Global Fishing Watch and our research partners have produced the following publications and tools based on the application of our fishing activity data. These research products advance our understanding of fishing activity to better inform policy and market decisions governing fisheries sustainability.
Sala, E, et al, Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate. Nature (2021). Read the paper
McDonald, G, C Costello, J Bone, R Cabral, V Farabee, T Hochberg, D Kroodsma, T Mangin, K Meng, O Zahn, Satellites can reveal global extent of forced labor in the world’s fishing fleet. PNAS (2020). Read the paper – Press release – Blog – Visual blog
Carmine, G, J Mayorga, N A Miller, J Park, P N Halpin, G O Crespo, H Österblom, E Sala, J Jacquet, Who is the high seas fishing industry?
OnEarth. (2020). Read the paper – Press release
Seto, K, N Miller, M Young, Q Hanich, Toward transparent governance of transboundary fisheries: The case of Pacific tuna transshipment. Marine Policy. (2020). Read the paper – Blog post
White, TD, T Ong, F Ferretti, BA Block, DJ McCauley, F Micheli, GA De Leo, Tracking the response of industrial fishing fleets to large marine protected areas in the Pacific Ocean. Conservation Biology. (2020). Read the paper
Costello, C, K Millage, S Eisenbarth, E Galarza, G Ishimura, L L Rubino, V Saccomanno, U R Sumaila & K Strauss, Ambitious subsidy reform by the WTO presents opportunities for ocean health restoration. Sustainability Science. (2020). Read the paper
Park, J, J.Lee, K Seto, T Hochberg, BA Wong, NA Miller, K Takasaki, H Kubota, Y Oozeki, S Doshi, M Midzik, Q Hanich, B Sullivan, P Woods, DA Kroodsma, Illuminating dark fishing fleets in North Korea. Sci. Adv. 6, eabb1197 (2020). Read the paper – Blog post – 2019 analysis – Media kit – Press release
Long, T, S Widjaja, H Wirajuda, S Juwana, Nature Food. 1, pages389–391(2020). Read the comment – Read the paper
Visalli, ME, BD Best, RB Cabral, WWL Cheung, NA Clark, C Garilao, K Kaschner et al. 2020. Data-driven approach for highlighting priority areas for protection in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction. Marine Policy. 103927. Read the paper
Villaseñor-Derbez, JC, J Lynham, C Costello. 2020. Environmental market design for large-scale marine conservation. Nature Sustainability. 1-7. Read the paper – Blog post
Lynham, J, A Nikolaev, J Raynor, T Vilela, and JC Villaseñor-Derbez. 2020. Impact of two of the world’s largest protected areas on longline fishery catch rates. Nature Communications. 11, 979. Read the paper
Kroodsma, DA, J Mayorga, T Hochberg, N.A. Miller, K Boerder, F Ferretti, A Wilson, B Bergman, T.D. White, B.A. Block, P Woods, B Sullivan, C Costello, B Worm. 2018. Response to Comment on “Tracking the global footprint of fisheries.” Science. 361(6404), eaat7789. Read the response
Ortuno Crespo, G, D.C. Dunn, G Reygondeau, K Boerder, B Worm, W Cheung, D.P. Tittensor, P Halpin. 2018. The environmental niche of the global high seas pelagic longline fleet. Science Advances. 4(8): EAAT3681. Read paper – Blog post – Press release
McCauley, DJ, C Jablonicky, E.H. Allison, C.D. Golden, F.H. Joyce, J Mayorga, and D Kroodsma. 2018. Wealthy countries dominate industrial fishing. Science Advances. 4(8):EAAU2161. Read paper – Press release
Boerder, K, NA Miller, B Worm. 2018. Global hot spots of transshipment of fish catch at sea. Science Advances. 4(7), eaat7159. Read paper – Press release
Miller NA, A Roan, T Hochberg , J Amos and DA Kroodsma. 2018. Identifying Global Patterns of Transshipment Behavior. Front. Mar. Sci. 5:240. Read paper – Blog post – Press release
Sala, E, J Mayorga, C Costello, D Kroodsma, M.L.D. Palomares, D Pauly, U.R. Sumaila, D Zeller. 2018. The Economics of High Seas Fishing. Science Advances. 4(6), eaat2504. Read paper – Blog post– TED Talk – National Geographic special feature
Dunn, DC, C Jablonicky, GO Crespo, DJ McCauley, DA Kroodsma, K Boerder, KM Gjerde, PN Halpin. 2018. Empowering High Seas Governance with Satellite Vessel Tracking Data. Fish and Fisheries. 19(4), 729-739. Read paper
Cabral, RB, J Mayorga, M Clemence, J Lynham, S Koeshendrajana, U Muawanah, D Nugroho, Z Anna, Mira, A Ghofar, N Zulbainarni, S Gaines, C Costello. 2018. Rapid and lasting gains from solving illegal fishing. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2: 650–658. Read paper – Blog post
Kroodsma, DA, J Mayorga, T Hochberg, NA Miller, K Boerder, F Ferretti, A Wilson, B Bergman, TD White, BA Block, P Woods, B Sullivan, C Costello, B Worm. 2018. Tracking the Global Footprint of Fisheries. Science. 359, 6378: 904-908. Read paper – Paper Summary – Data Interactive
- Kroodsma, DA, Sullivan B. Protecting Marine World Heritage from space. 2016. The Future of the World Heritage Convention for marine conservation: celebrating 10 years of the World Heritage Marine Programme. 35-48. Read paper
Kroodsma, DA, NA Miller, A Roan. 2017. The Global View of Transshipment: Revised Preliminary Findings. Global Fishing Watch, SkyTruth. Read paper – Blog post
White, TD, AB Carlisle, DA Kroodsma, BA Block, R Casagrandi, GD De Leo, M Gatto, F. Micheli, DJ McCauley. Assessing the effectiveness of a large marine protected area for reef shark conservation. Biological Conservation. 207: 64–71. Read paper – Blog post
Jablonicky, C, D McCauley, D Kroodsma, K Boerder, D Dunn. 2016. Satellite tracking to monitor area-based management tools & identify governance gaps in fisheries beyond national jurisdiction. Policy Brief. Nereus Program. Read paper
Robards, MD, GK Silber, JD Adams, J Arroyo, D Lorenzini, K Schwehr, J Amos. 2016. Conservation science and policy applications of the marine vessel Automatic Identification System (AIS)—a review. Bulletin of Marine Science. 92: 75–103. Read paper
de Souza, EN, K Boerder, S Matwin, B Worm. 2016. Improving Fishing Pattern Detection from Satellite AIS Using Data Mining and Machine Learning. PLOS ONE. 11, e0158248. Read paper – Blog post
McCauley, DJ, P Woods, B Sullivan, B Bergman, C Jablonicky, A Roan, M Hirshfield, K Boerder, B Worm. 2016. Ending hide and Seek at Sea. Science 351: 1148-1150. Read paper – Blog post