Agency: Global Fishing Watch
Data time period: 2012-2020
Geographic scale: Global
Global Fishing Watch has processed terabytes of data to produce an interactive map of fishing activity and a series of datasets that can accelerate research and innovation in ocean management. The map offers a way to see the tracks of commercial fishing vessels at sea in near real-time. Using freely accessible map, anyone is able to view marine traffic and fishing activity, analyze historical data dating to 2012, upload their datasets to deepen and broaden their analyses, and save and share their work.