Global Fishing Watch

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Sustainability through transparency in global fishing activity.
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🗿 How do you monitor one of the world’s largest marine protected areas when it’s 2,000 miles off the coast? The Chilean government put that question forward when establishing a marine protected area around Easter Island in 2012. @pew.org reached out to SkyTruth with the challenge.

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The prototype also attracted the attention of actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who provided $6 million in funding after seeing a live demo.

His backing supported further development & @globalfishingwatch.org launched at the 2016 Our Ocean Conference, with DiCaprio & Sec. of State John Kerry announcing it.

A photo of John Kerry standing at a podium on a stage, presenting in front of a large screen that displays a world map with illuminated areas. The logos for Ocean, SkyTruth, and Google are at the bottom of the map.
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A clearer view of activity at sea is coming. 🌊 On Oct. 21, Global Fishing Watch is launching a major update to the data behind our platform —improving how we identify apparent fishing activity and vessels across the global ocean. Stay tuned.

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🌆 Ready for #ClimateWeekNYC?

We’ll be hosting a collaborative working session to convene top leaders & practitioners in the environmental sector, with a laser focus on one question:

❓ How can geospatial data accelerate our collective progress on the planet's most pressing environmental challenges?

A city skyline featuring the Empire State Building during twilight, with the SkyTruth logo. Text reads: "Climate Week NYC is next week. We’re gathering leading voices who are shaping the future of climate and conservation technology to discuss. Surrounding the image are scattered orange dots.A dark ocean scene with an oil spill is shown. Text on the image states: "Exposing ocean oil pollution at scale. We’re releasing a new report revealing the extent, concentration, and culpability of chronic oil pollution in our oceans." Surrounding the image are scattered orange dots.An illuminated offshore oil rig at night with text overlay: "Uncovering the hidden costs of oil and gas. We’re facing one of climate’s biggest blind spots head on: the gap between detection and action on emissions caused by the offshore oil and gas industry." Surrounding the image are scattered orange dots.A forested area with a text overlay: “Protecting biodiversity from industrial threats. We’re discussing cross-sector efforts to measure and mitigate the impact of mining operations on the world’s most critical ecosystems.” The design includes scattered orange dots.
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How do governments keep track of fishing vessels at sea? 🌊 VMS is a secure tracking system that sends vessel position data to fisheries authorities, helping them monitor activity, assess compliance and strengthen enforcement. 🎥 Watch our explainer

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GALAPEX 2026: A look back 🌊 Global Fishing Watch joined 12 countries and four organizations to strengthen cooperation against illegal fishing. Our data helped inform patrol planning and realistic exercises at sea. Stronger ocean protection starts with shared information.

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