FIGHT OVERFISHING
Global Fishing Watch and their partners at SkyTruth, Trygg Mat Tracking and Oceana, provide technological solutions to assist in the fight against illegal and overfishing, as a critical threat to the ocean’s health and ability to cope with climate change. Together they are known as the Joint Analytical Cell (JAC) and new partners join the effort each year.
Using cutting edge technology, satellite imagery, map visualizations and analysis tools, this alliance can turn big data into knowledge and actionable strategies that can safeguard the global ocean for the good of all.
Dive in to the map
Global Fishing Watch’s map is a freely available online platform for visualization and analysis of human activity at sea. Easy-to use features offer a range of stakeholders the ability to search for vessels, filter activities by flag State or time period, identify port visits and view encounters between vessels in near real-time.
Learn more about overfishing
Sea Around Us - A research initiative at the University of British Columbia and the University of Western Australia to assesses the impact of fisheries on the marine ecosystems
“All industrial fisheries, with very few exceptions, are ultimately drained of life after a certain time. They increase and push until they collapse. Why should skipjack tuna be any different?”
- Daniel Pauly, University of British Columbia