Global Fishing Watch

📢 JUST PUBLISHED: We're excited to be lead authors on a new study in Nature that illuminates the expanding footprint of human activity at sea! 🛰️ The groundbreaking research harnesses AI, satellite imagery and vessel GPS data to reveal previously unmapped industrial activity on the ocean—and how it is changing. 🤝 Working alongside researchers from University of Wisconsin-Madison, Duke University, UC Santa Barbara and SkyTruth, Global Fishing Watch analyzed 2 million gigabytes of satellite imagery spanning 2017-2021, to detect vessels and offshore infrastructure in coastal waters across six continents. Learn more about this groundbreaking advancement in ocean transparency below. 🌐 English: https://bitly.ws/38yJc 🌐 Spanish: https://bitly.ws/38yL4 #AI #BigData #Technology #OceanConservation

Ever wondered what human activity at sea looked like? 🎣🌏    Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance partner, Global Fishing Watch, (GFW), has an on-going mission to generate sustainability through transparency in global fishing activity.     GFW has developed a groundbreaking online platform that maps and visually tracks vessel-based human activity at sea. The visualisation and analysis of commercial fishing activity benefits stakeholders including governments, researchers and fishers.     Governments can identify and act on vessels that are carrying out illegal fishing in protected areas; researchers can use the maps to monitor ocean health and evaluate the effectiveness of conservation and fisheries policies; and fishers can demonstrate that they’re operating transparently. Often this can provide fishers with a market advantage, particularly if they show how their catch is sustainably sourced. 🐟     🛶 #ORRAA, in collaboration with GFW and TMT, has launched an innovative tool: Vessel Viewer, designed to enhance insurance underwriting by preventing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing vessels from securing insurance, thereby combatting IUU fishing.     Go to the map 👉 https://lnkd.in/eCWwddzT    (Head to the comments for more information)    #ORRAA #GlobalFishing #IUU 

🗺️ Did you know Ascension Island's vast #MPA is one of the largest ocean-based protected areas in the world? 🌊 Spanning 445,000 square kilometers, this biodiversity haven cradles terrestrial and marine life in all colors and forms. 👤 In 2019, the designation of the island's MPA meant that authorities were faced with a new challenge: summoning the right resources to effectively monitor and manage Ascension’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). 🛰️ What unfolded at a subsequent meeting between Global Fishing Watch and former director of the Ascension Island Government Conservation and Fisheries Directorate, Diane Baum, would set us on a path to a defining partnership that harnessed a powerful technology portal to help get the job done. 🌐 Discover the details of our journey here: bit.ly/3RgdIzh

⚓ Today, human activities are threatening the health of our ocean. 🌎 From overfishing to resource extraction, coastal development and pollution, these high-risks practices are impacting marine ecosystems in alarming ways. 🪸 In the midst of these challenges, marine protected areas (MPAs) and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) are providing much needed respite for our ailing seas. 🌊 These protected areas cover about 8% of the global ocean, and are playing a critical role in helping to conserve, restore, manage and protect waters globally. 🤝 Find out how Global Fishing Watch Marine Manager, developed in partnership with Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy, is equipping authorities and managers with the technological prowess, ingenuity and data-driven insights to take action in the fight to secure our sustainable ocean future. 🌐 Read about the latest updates to the tool and its features here: http://bit.ly/3M2zjIn

🗺️ Ascension Island is home to 11 species of seabirds, including the distinctive Masked Booby. 🌊 These large pelagic marine birds prefer to forage over deep water, closing in on small bait fish that are driven to the surface by predators like dolphins and yellowfin tuna. But heavy fishing of such catch—especially tuna, disrupts the feeding and nutrition cycle of the increasing vulnerable Masked Booby. 🌐 Find out how local authorities are using Marine Manager to access oceanographic data that protects these spectacular plunge divers and other unique habitats on the island. bit.ly/3RgdIzh

📖 La Subsecretaría de Pesca y Acuicultura lideró una mesa redonda para dialogar sobre #Transparencia y #Gobernanza en el sector junto a Servicio Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura - Sernapesca, Indespa Chile, IFOP y Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia | SEGPRES con organismos internacionales de transparencia pesquera como Global Fishing Watch y Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). ✅ En la instancia, cada entidad abordó sus objetivos e iniciativas en torno a la transparencia en el sector pesquero y cómo todas ellas ayudan a combatir delitos como la pesca ilegal. 📱Conoce más 👉 https://lnkd.in/eaCBwKj7 

🌍 Foreign vessels fishing under a veil of secrecy have become a major driver of overfishing in West Africa. ⛴ Their elusive conduct and lack of transparency have sweeping impacts on the lives, livelihoods and food security of artisanal fishing communities that compete with larger ships for catch. 📈 Only data can reveal the true scale of the problem local authorities and fishers now face. 🤝 In our latest collaboration with the Financial Times, Global Fishing Watch joined wider stakeholders—including our co-founder Oceana, to help fill crucial information gaps that have emerged under the murkiness of these operations. 📊 Using location data provided by our organization, the team behind this report were able to shed light on the hours fished in 2024, by 27 locally flagged vessels with ownership or management links to foreign companies. 📉 The data findings, corroborated by Global Fishing Watch fisheries analyst and expert Cian Luck, PhD, revealed that in total, at least 350 industrial vessels of various nationalities have fished off the coast of Gambia, Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau so far this year. 🌐 Read more on this report and the steps needed to address the challenges brought to light: https://lnkd.in/dpfiVTwd

🐟 Tackling global threats like #IUUFishing requires strong mechanisms to boost transparency and accountability on the high seas. 🗺️ Our suite of open-access tools, including the flagship Global Fishing Watch map, allows anyone, anywhere to analyze human activity taking place across the ocean at different geographic and time scales. ⛴️ Map users can perform a range of tasks with this information—from inspecting the identity and detailed behavior of a single vessel to finding large-scale patterns for thousands of vessels over multiple years. 📊 Now, thanks to powerful enhancements to our map and platform, users can carry out their efforts with improved clarity and resolution of data visualizations and more. See what else is new: bit.ly/3YvTdD8

🌍 This is the decisive decade. 🗺 A decade to take decisive action to protect our lands and marine environments, reverse habitat degradation and species loss—and press for progress on advancing global conservation commitments by 2030. 🤝 None of this can be achieved without engagement with like-minded stakeholders across various sectors, who are committed to creating lasting protections for our planet. 📍 Recently, Global Fishing Watch had the honor of joining Patricia Leon at the Bezos Earth Fund, Re:wild and Fundacion MarViva for an excursion to Panama, to meet with government officials, small-scale fishers, tourism communities and MPA managers. We heard about their continued efforts toward sustainable fisheries management and conservation of the country’s waters. 🌊 While there, head of Latin America at Global Fishing Watch, Mónica Espinoza Miralles delivered a presentation to the Aquatic Resources Authority of Panama and MiAmbiente, that demonstrated the benefits of our tools and innovative technology in helping to advance their goals. We’re delighted to see our map and platform harnessed by authorities to keep transparency at the heart of operations in the fisheries sector. 👥 Overall, the visit provided a good forum to hear from stakeholders on the ground and better understand issues and potential solutions to support their journey. 📸 Catch a few of the highlights below!

An estimated 1 in 5 fish is caught illegally. At the Bloomberg Philanthropies Ocean Initiative, one of our key priorities is ending the widespread practice of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing by establishing strong mechanisms of accountability and transparency at sea. Visit our website to learn more about how we’re working with partners like Global Fishing Watch to put an end to IUU fishing and safeguard food security for coastal communities. https://lnkd.in/eyYuzjVW