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Global Fishing Watch spotlights ocean governance successes, highlighting policy wins and tech innovations

Washington, D.C., UNITED STATES — Global Fishing Watch today released its 2024 annual report, showcasing a year of bold strides and critical breakthroughs in driving transparent and equitable ocean governance — from undertaking pioneering research on hidden human activity at sea and catalyzing policy change at the United Nations to joining forces with governments worldwide to advance their ocean management strategies.

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Global Fishing Watch and Gulf of Guinea Regional Fisheries Commission forge partnership in fight against illegal fishing

The two organizations will leverage ‘cutting-edge technology’ to accelerate ocean sustainability efforts in Central Africa LIBREVILLE, Gabon – Global Fishing Watch, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing ocean governance, and the Gulf of Guinea Regional Fisheries Commission (COREP), an intergovernmental body comprising 11 African nations, today launched a new strategic partnership aimed at addressing

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At Our Ocean Conference, Global Fishing Watch welcomes international partnerships to enhance ocean management

Key collaborations will bolster fisheries governance through greater transparency, data-sharing and policy reform ATHENS, Greece – Global Fishing Watch, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing ocean governance through transparency of human activity at sea, has announced three pioneering collaborations with Greece, Panama and the West African Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) in a bid to

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New research harnesses AI and satellite imagery to reveal the expanding footprint of human activity at sea

Study reveals 75 percent of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are hidden from public view WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new study published today in the journal Nature offers an unprecedented view of previously unmapped industrial use of the ocean and how it is changing. The groundbreaking study, led by Global Fishing Watch, uses machine learning

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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 fishing activity, including possible illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) activity. Specific cases were identified by

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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 with the intelligence, analysis, and capacity building needed to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU)

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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 a principle of ocean governance. The agreement, which was signed between Global Fishing Watch and

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