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🌊 75 percent of industrial fishing vessels are not publicly tracked.
These blind spots make it harder to monitor activity at sea, detect suspicious behavior and combat illegal fishing.
Public vessel tracking can help strengthen transparency and ocean governance worldwide.
https://bit.ly/4e45wgh
80% of Earth’s biodiversity is found in the ocean 🌊
This #BiodiversityDay, we’re reminded that protecting marine life starts with understanding human activity at sea. Greater transparency can support stronger ocean conservation for generations to come.
🌊 Deep-sea mining is moving closer to reality but activity linked to it remains hidden from view. Deep Sea Mining Watch combines satellite data, mapping tools and open data to help illuminate activity linked to deep-sea mining exploration in the most remote parts of our ocean.
https://bit.ly/4pg00v3
Who really owns the world’s fishing fleets? 🎣
Global Fishing Watch’s Krizia Matthews explains why ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) transparency matters for accountability at sea, and how AIS & VMS can support enforcement.
https://bit.ly/40rT5ob
#SPRFMO #UBO
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🌊 Global Fishing Watch is heading to #OOC2026 in Kenya to champion transparency as the foundation of ocean governance. From vessel tracking to satellite technology, we’ll be joining partners & governments to help shine a light on activity at sea.
Discover our work at OOC: https://bit.ly/3QEuRpb
Today, 75% of all industrial fishing vessels are not publicly tracked, creating major blind spots at sea and making it harder to combat illegal fishing.
Learn how AIS and VMS can support stronger ocean governance and fisheries management worldwide. https://bit.ly/4fCtdi4
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🌊 The ocean covers 70% of our planet, produces ~50% of the oxygen we breathe and supports billions of people worldwide.
Yet, much of what happens on it remains unseen.
Learn more about how Global Fishing Watch is helping advance transparency at sea: https://bit.ly/3SbOKUZ
#WorldOceansDay
On #FightIUUfishing Day, Global Fishing Watch is launching IUU Fishing Risk Insights, a new dataset using AIS data to map the digital fingerprints of risk at sea and help authorities prioritize inspections and strengthen enforcement.
https://bit.ly/4vtWlMW
🌊 One year on from our PBS Spotlight On feature, the conversation around vessel tracking and transparency at sea has only grown more urgent.
See how Global Fishing Watch and partners are using open data and technology to help strengthen ocean governance worldwide.
🎥 https://bit.ly/3Enk0dl
