Global Fishing Watch

Secretary Kerry Heads to the stage to deliver remarks at the Global Fishing Watch Preview Reception at the Long View Gallery in Washington. (29661895376)

Global Fishing Watch is an independent, international nonprofit organization. It started by a website launched in September 2016 by Google in partnership with Oceana and SkyTruth "to provide the world’s first global view of commercial fishing activities." At any moment, 200,000 vessels are publicizing their locations via the Automatic Identification System (AIS).[1]

Global Fishing Watch enables users with Internet access to monitor fishing activity globally, and to view "individual vessel tracks, exclusive economic zones, marine protected areas, and other features."[2] It is hoped that the initiative can help to reduce "global overfishing, illegal fishing and habitat destruction."[3]

The technology was made publicly available at the 2016 US State Department's Our Oceans Conference in Washington, DC. The project was partly financed by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation[4] and the Bertarelli Foundation.[5] In June 2017, almost a year after being officially launched at the Our Ocean Conference, Global Fishing Watch was established as an independent, international nonprofit organization.[6]

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References

  1. ^ Google Launches Global Fishing Watch—Digital Trends (September 16, 2016)
  2. ^ Urbina, Ian (11 August 2020). "The deadly secret of China's invisible armada". NBC News.
  3. ^ Oceana Unveils Global Fishing Watch—Huffington Post (September 15, 2016)
  4. ^ Illegal fishing targeted by crowdsourcing thanks to new Global Fishing Watch website—ABC News (Australia) (September 15, 2016)
  5. ^ "Global Fishing Watch Marine Manager". oceandecade.org. 3 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Global Fishing Watch About Us". globalfishingwatch.org. 27 March 2024.