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As #COP30 begins, Brazil shows how vessel tracking transparency strengthens fisheries management. 🌊🇧🇷
Elielma Borcem, from Brazil’s Secretariat of Aquaculture & Fisheries, shares how making data public via Global Fishing Watch boosts compliance, policy and participation in ocean governance.
Elielma Borcem, from Brazil’s Secretariat of Aquaculture & Fisheries, shares how making data public via Global Fishing Watch boosts compliance, policy and participation in ocean governance.
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As #COP30 begins, Brazil shows how vessel tracking transparency strengthens fisheries management. 🌊🇧🇷
Elielma Borcem, from Brazil’s Secretariat of Aquaculture & Fisheries, shares how making data public via Global Fishing Watch boosts compliance, policy and participation in ocean governance.
Elielma Borcem, from Brazil’s Secretariat of Aquaculture & Fisheries, shares how making data public via Global Fishing Watch boosts compliance, policy and participation in ocean governance.
“We can’t manage what we can’t measure — and we can’t measure what we can’t see.”
#TransparencyAtSea is essential for accountability and equity in Africa’s ocean governance. 🌊
🎥 Paolo Roberto Domondon with @cnbc.com Africa
#Africa #Fisheries #PLEA410
#TransparencyAtSea is essential for accountability and equity in Africa’s ocean governance. 🌊
🎥 Paolo Roberto Domondon with @cnbc.com Africa
#Africa #Fisheries #PLEA410
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“We can’t manage what we can’t measure — and we can’t measure what we can’t see.”
#TransparencyAtSea is essential for accountability and equity in Africa’s ocean governance. 🌊
🎥 Paolo Roberto Domondon with @cnbc.com Africa
#Africa #Fisheries #PLEA410
#TransparencyAtSea is essential for accountability and equity in Africa’s ocean governance. 🌊
🎥 Paolo Roberto Domondon with @cnbc.com Africa
#Africa #Fisheries #PLEA410
🎙️ “In Chile 🇨🇱, transparency isn’t just a principle — it’s policy.”
Hear from Soledad Tapia, National Director of Sernapesca, on how openness and technology are transforming Chile’s fisheries.
🎥 Part of our Transparency in Focus: Chile series.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nIi9QX
Hear from Soledad Tapia, National Director of Sernapesca, on how openness and technology are transforming Chile’s fisheries.
🎥 Part of our Transparency in Focus: Chile series.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nIi9QX
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🎙️ “In Chile 🇨🇱, transparency isn’t just a principle — it’s policy.”
Hear from Soledad Tapia, National Director of Sernapesca, on how openness and technology are transforming Chile’s fisheries.
🎥 Part of our Transparency in Focus: Chile series.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nIi9QX
Hear from Soledad Tapia, National Director of Sernapesca, on how openness and technology are transforming Chile’s fisheries.
🎥 Part of our Transparency in Focus: Chile series.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nIi9QX
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The #HighSeasTreaty has won the Earthshot Prize for the 'Revive our Oceans' category! We're honored to receive this award on behalf of the Treaty- it has been a collective effort & a recognition of all the hard work by so many people over so many years: highseasalliance.org/2025/11/06/h...
High Seas Treaty wins prestigious Earthshot Prize - High Seas Alliance
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5 November 2025. The High Seas Treaty has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Earthshot Prize in the “Revive Our Oceans” category, a historic recognition of the global eff...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The #HighSeasTreaty has won the Earthshot Prize for the 'Revive our Oceans' category! We're honored to receive this award on behalf of the Treaty- it has been a collective effort & a recognition of all the hard work by so many people over so many years: highseasalliance.org/2025/11/06/h...
🌊 Transparency in Focus: Chile 🇨🇱
Chile is leading the way in transparent, science-based fisheries management — tracking 1,600+ vessels in near real-time.
Explore our new webpage and stay tuned for our upcoming video series:
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nIi9QX
#TransparencyInFocus #Chile
Chile is leading the way in transparent, science-based fisheries management — tracking 1,600+ vessels in near real-time.
Explore our new webpage and stay tuned for our upcoming video series:
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nIi9QX
#TransparencyInFocus #Chile
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🌊 Transparency in Focus: Chile 🇨🇱
Chile is leading the way in transparent, science-based fisheries management — tracking 1,600+ vessels in near real-time.
Explore our new webpage and stay tuned for our upcoming video series:
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nIi9QX
#TransparencyInFocus #Chile
Chile is leading the way in transparent, science-based fisheries management — tracking 1,600+ vessels in near real-time.
Explore our new webpage and stay tuned for our upcoming video series:
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nIi9QX
#TransparencyInFocus #Chile
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New data, clearer insight 🌊
The MPAtlas dataset is now live on @globalfishingwatch.org Marine Manager! Explore MPA boundaries, see how well they’re protected, and use data to power smarter, science-based ocean conservation.
🔗 marine-conservation.org/on-...
The MPAtlas dataset is now live on @globalfishingwatch.org Marine Manager! Explore MPA boundaries, see how well they’re protected, and use data to power smarter, science-based ocean conservation.
🔗 marine-conservation.org/on-...
November 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New data, clearer insight 🌊
The MPAtlas dataset is now live on @globalfishingwatch.org Marine Manager! Explore MPA boundaries, see how well they’re protected, and use data to power smarter, science-based ocean conservation.
🔗 marine-conservation.org/on-...
The MPAtlas dataset is now live on @globalfishingwatch.org Marine Manager! Explore MPA boundaries, see how well they’re protected, and use data to power smarter, science-based ocean conservation.
🔗 marine-conservation.org/on-...
75% of industrial fishing vessels operate out of public view.
These ‘blind spots’ undermine fisheries monitoring and seafood consumer confidence.
ICCAT has a chance to change that.
Read ours and Global Tuna Alliance's full statement on LinkedIn 👉 https://bit.ly/47Fk6r8
These ‘blind spots’ undermine fisheries monitoring and seafood consumer confidence.
ICCAT has a chance to change that.
Read ours and Global Tuna Alliance's full statement on LinkedIn 👉 https://bit.ly/47Fk6r8
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
75% of industrial fishing vessels operate out of public view.
These ‘blind spots’ undermine fisheries monitoring and seafood consumer confidence.
ICCAT has a chance to change that.
Read ours and Global Tuna Alliance's full statement on LinkedIn 👉 https://bit.ly/47Fk6r8
These ‘blind spots’ undermine fisheries monitoring and seafood consumer confidence.
ICCAT has a chance to change that.
Read ours and Global Tuna Alliance's full statement on LinkedIn 👉 https://bit.ly/47Fk6r8
Stay up to date with the latest in ocean transparency 🌍
Our e-newsletter brings you stories, tools and data from Global Fishing Watch.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Stay up to date with the latest in ocean transparency 🌍
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📺 In his TED Talk, @ceo.globalfishingwatch.org explains how satellites and AI are exposing “dark fleets” and making activity at sea visible. Through Global Fishing Watch, these insights are public and free — helping governments and researchers protect ocean resources.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4lkQkwS
🔗 https://bit.ly/4lkQkwS
Tony Long: The outlaws of the ocean — and how we're reeling them in
Pirate fishing, oil spills and other undetected crimes are destroying ocean ecosystems -- but we can't stop what we can't see. Harnessing the power of satellite data and AI to catch maritime offenders...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
📺 In his TED Talk, @ceo.globalfishingwatch.org explains how satellites and AI are exposing “dark fleets” and making activity at sea visible. Through Global Fishing Watch, these insights are public and free — helping governments and researchers protect ocean resources.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4lkQkwS
🔗 https://bit.ly/4lkQkwS
📢 Heading to Seville for #ICCAT29!
Join our side event on how AIS can complement VMS to strengthen monitoring, combat IUU fishing & improve safety at sea.
🗓 20 Nov | 18:30–19:30
📍 Hotel Meliá Sevilla – Prado Room
#Fisheries #Transparency #AIS #VMS
Join our side event on how AIS can complement VMS to strengthen monitoring, combat IUU fishing & improve safety at sea.
🗓 20 Nov | 18:30–19:30
📍 Hotel Meliá Sevilla – Prado Room
#Fisheries #Transparency #AIS #VMS
October 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📢 Heading to Seville for #ICCAT29!
Join our side event on how AIS can complement VMS to strengthen monitoring, combat IUU fishing & improve safety at sea.
🗓 20 Nov | 18:30–19:30
📍 Hotel Meliá Sevilla – Prado Room
#Fisheries #Transparency #AIS #VMS
Join our side event on how AIS can complement VMS to strengthen monitoring, combat IUU fishing & improve safety at sea.
🗓 20 Nov | 18:30–19:30
📍 Hotel Meliá Sevilla – Prado Room
#Fisheries #Transparency #AIS #VMS
🚀 New on the Global Fishing Watch map: generate vessel activity reports in seconds. Filter by vessel type, gear, flag State and region to track trends, access vessel lists and share insights for research and monitoring.
🔗 Explore: https://bit.ly/global-vessel-activity-report
🔗 Explore: https://bit.ly/global-vessel-activity-report
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🚀 New on the Global Fishing Watch map: generate vessel activity reports in seconds. Filter by vessel type, gear, flag State and region to track trends, access vessel lists and share insights for research and monitoring.
🔗 Explore: https://bit.ly/global-vessel-activity-report
🔗 Explore: https://bit.ly/global-vessel-activity-report
AI can help save the ocean — if we let it. 🌊
At @GlobalFishWatch we use AI to:
✅ Track 100,000+ vessels
✅ Expose illegal fishing & forced labor
✅ Predict shipping CO₂
✅ Support clean energy
Transparency fuels accountability — now governments must act.
Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/4qMiQLR
#AIforgood
At @GlobalFishWatch we use AI to:
✅ Track 100,000+ vessels
✅ Expose illegal fishing & forced labor
✅ Predict shipping CO₂
✅ Support clean energy
Transparency fuels accountability — now governments must act.
Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/4qMiQLR
#AIforgood
October 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
AI can help save the ocean — if we let it. 🌊
At @GlobalFishWatch we use AI to:
✅ Track 100,000+ vessels
✅ Expose illegal fishing & forced labor
✅ Predict shipping CO₂
✅ Support clean energy
Transparency fuels accountability — now governments must act.
Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/4qMiQLR
#AIforgood
At @GlobalFishWatch we use AI to:
✅ Track 100,000+ vessels
✅ Expose illegal fishing & forced labor
✅ Predict shipping CO₂
✅ Support clean energy
Transparency fuels accountability — now governments must act.
Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/4qMiQLR
#AIforgood
🔍 Ask Global Fishing Watch:
Our new Preferential Access Area layer helps monitor activity in coastal waters where small-scale fishers have priority access.
Developed with @@marineuas.bsky.social @duke-university.bsky.social, it supports transparency and sustainable fishing 🌊
https://bit.ly/47mp7F3
Our new Preferential Access Area layer helps monitor activity in coastal waters where small-scale fishers have priority access.
Developed with @@marineuas.bsky.social @duke-university.bsky.social, it supports transparency and sustainable fishing 🌊
https://bit.ly/47mp7F3
October 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🔍 Ask Global Fishing Watch:
Our new Preferential Access Area layer helps monitor activity in coastal waters where small-scale fishers have priority access.
Developed with @@marineuas.bsky.social @duke-university.bsky.social, it supports transparency and sustainable fishing 🌊
https://bit.ly/47mp7F3
Our new Preferential Access Area layer helps monitor activity in coastal waters where small-scale fishers have priority access.
Developed with @@marineuas.bsky.social @duke-university.bsky.social, it supports transparency and sustainable fishing 🌊
https://bit.ly/47mp7F3
🌊🚢 Industrial fishing is a major but overlooked source of greenhouse gas emissions. With the IMO’s carbon levy delayed, transparency is vital.
@globalfishingwatch.org, UCSB’s emLab and @climatetrace.org mapped emissions from large vessels to reveal the impact: bit.ly/49ew9Ou
@globalfishingwatch.org, UCSB’s emLab and @climatetrace.org mapped emissions from large vessels to reveal the impact: bit.ly/49ew9Ou
October 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🌊🚢 Industrial fishing is a major but overlooked source of greenhouse gas emissions. With the IMO’s carbon levy delayed, transparency is vital.
@globalfishingwatch.org, UCSB’s emLab and @climatetrace.org mapped emissions from large vessels to reveal the impact: bit.ly/49ew9Ou
@globalfishingwatch.org, UCSB’s emLab and @climatetrace.org mapped emissions from large vessels to reveal the impact: bit.ly/49ew9Ou
This weekend, 11 cities joined forces for #OceanHackathon2025 🌊
As an official data provider, #GlobalFishingWatch shared its open datasets + APIs. Teams explored fishing effort, vessel behavior and events to develop ideas supporting transparency and ocean governance.
As an official data provider, #GlobalFishingWatch shared its open datasets + APIs. Teams explored fishing effort, vessel behavior and events to develop ideas supporting transparency and ocean governance.
October 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This weekend, 11 cities joined forces for #OceanHackathon2025 🌊
As an official data provider, #GlobalFishingWatch shared its open datasets + APIs. Teams explored fishing effort, vessel behavior and events to develop ideas supporting transparency and ocean governance.
As an official data provider, #GlobalFishingWatch shared its open datasets + APIs. Teams explored fishing effort, vessel behavior and events to develop ideas supporting transparency and ocean governance.
🚢 New on the Global Fishing Watch Map: The encounter events layer
Governments, fisheries authorities, and NGOs can now quickly screen for vessels involved in at-sea transshipments or other encounters. Filter by duration, vessel type, flag State, or next port visited.
Explore: bit.ly/encounter-events
Governments, fisheries authorities, and NGOs can now quickly screen for vessels involved in at-sea transshipments or other encounters. Filter by duration, vessel type, flag State, or next port visited.
Explore: bit.ly/encounter-events
October 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
🚢 New on the Global Fishing Watch Map: The encounter events layer
Governments, fisheries authorities, and NGOs can now quickly screen for vessels involved in at-sea transshipments or other encounters. Filter by duration, vessel type, flag State, or next port visited.
Explore: bit.ly/encounter-events
Governments, fisheries authorities, and NGOs can now quickly screen for vessels involved in at-sea transshipments or other encounters. Filter by duration, vessel type, flag State, or next port visited.
Explore: bit.ly/encounter-events
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News from across the Alliance! 🗞️
ORRAA’s membership includes private finance and insurance partners representing trillions of dollars in assets under management, alongside governments, multilateral institutions, and civil society organisations. 🌍
👉 Read more: oceanriskalliance.org/member-news/
ORRAA’s membership includes private finance and insurance partners representing trillions of dollars in assets under management, alongside governments, multilateral institutions, and civil society organisations. 🌍
👉 Read more: oceanriskalliance.org/member-news/
October 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
News from across the Alliance! 🗞️
ORRAA’s membership includes private finance and insurance partners representing trillions of dollars in assets under management, alongside governments, multilateral institutions, and civil society organisations. 🌍
👉 Read more: oceanriskalliance.org/member-news/
ORRAA’s membership includes private finance and insurance partners representing trillions of dollars in assets under management, alongside governments, multilateral institutions, and civil society organisations. 🌍
👉 Read more: oceanriskalliance.org/member-news/
🌍 Transparency in action 🇵🇦
Earlier this year, Panama introduced new guidelines to monitor transshipment at sea.
Together, these efforts are making vessel movements more visible and helping tackle illegal fishing. 🌊
🔗 Read the full success story: https://bit.ly/47ddlgd
Earlier this year, Panama introduced new guidelines to monitor transshipment at sea.
Together, these efforts are making vessel movements more visible and helping tackle illegal fishing. 🌊
🔗 Read the full success story: https://bit.ly/47ddlgd
October 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🌍 Transparency in action 🇵🇦
Earlier this year, Panama introduced new guidelines to monitor transshipment at sea.
Together, these efforts are making vessel movements more visible and helping tackle illegal fishing. 🌊
🔗 Read the full success story: https://bit.ly/47ddlgd
Earlier this year, Panama introduced new guidelines to monitor transshipment at sea.
Together, these efforts are making vessel movements more visible and helping tackle illegal fishing. 🌊
🔗 Read the full success story: https://bit.ly/47ddlgd
🌊 Did you know? Over 3 billion people rely on the ocean for food.
Overfishing and illegal activity put this lifeline at risk. Global Fishing Watch advances ocean governance through increased transparency of human activity at sea.
#DidYouKnow #OceanFacts
Overfishing and illegal activity put this lifeline at risk. Global Fishing Watch advances ocean governance through increased transparency of human activity at sea.
#DidYouKnow #OceanFacts
October 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🌊 Did you know? Over 3 billion people rely on the ocean for food.
Overfishing and illegal activity put this lifeline at risk. Global Fishing Watch advances ocean governance through increased transparency of human activity at sea.
#DidYouKnow #OceanFacts
Overfishing and illegal activity put this lifeline at risk. Global Fishing Watch advances ocean governance through increased transparency of human activity at sea.
#DidYouKnow #OceanFacts
“Wild stocks are at their limit of exploitation,” warns Global Fishing Watch’s Tony Long. 🌊
As rising seafood demand strains oceans, sustainable fisheries remain key to balancing food security and protecting marine life. @geographical.co.uk
Read more: https://bit.ly/3IIgpJ3
As rising seafood demand strains oceans, sustainable fisheries remain key to balancing food security and protecting marine life. @geographical.co.uk
Read more: https://bit.ly/3IIgpJ3
Can the sea keep feeding the world?
Explore sustainable aquatic food systems and their role in achieving food security and improving nutrition globally.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“Wild stocks are at their limit of exploitation,” warns Global Fishing Watch’s Tony Long. 🌊
As rising seafood demand strains oceans, sustainable fisheries remain key to balancing food security and protecting marine life. @geographical.co.uk
Read more: https://bit.ly/3IIgpJ3
As rising seafood demand strains oceans, sustainable fisheries remain key to balancing food security and protecting marine life. @geographical.co.uk
Read more: https://bit.ly/3IIgpJ3
🌊 Wrapping up our Africa series: Floriane Cardiec, Program Officer for Central Africa at Global Fishing Watch.
🎥 Cardiec shares how our tools help countries monitor their waters — from ministers to patrol crews.
👉 Learn more: https://bit.ly/46wBBux
🎥 Cardiec shares how our tools help countries monitor their waters — from ministers to patrol crews.
👉 Learn more: https://bit.ly/46wBBux
October 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🌊 Wrapping up our Africa series: Floriane Cardiec, Program Officer for Central Africa at Global Fishing Watch.
🎥 Cardiec shares how our tools help countries monitor their waters — from ministers to patrol crews.
👉 Learn more: https://bit.ly/46wBBux
🎥 Cardiec shares how our tools help countries monitor their waters — from ministers to patrol crews.
👉 Learn more: https://bit.ly/46wBBux
Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote inhabited island, depends on its spiny lobster fishery 🦞. Through our Marine Manager portal, co-founded by Dona Bertarelli , the community can monitor its waters, detect suspicious activity, and protect this vital ecosystem.
Read more: https://bbc.in/4384Q4B
Read more: https://bbc.in/4384Q4B
October 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote inhabited island, depends on its spiny lobster fishery 🦞. Through our Marine Manager portal, co-founded by Dona Bertarelli , the community can monitor its waters, detect suspicious activity, and protect this vital ecosystem.
Read more: https://bbc.in/4384Q4B
Read more: https://bbc.in/4384Q4B
🚢 Now live on the Global Fishing Watch map
We’ve integrated Carrier Vessel Portal features directly into the map — refreshed and enhanced to support faster investigations, richer insights and greater transparency at sea.
🔗 https://bit.ly/46JXlDo
We’ve integrated Carrier Vessel Portal features directly into the map — refreshed and enhanced to support faster investigations, richer insights and greater transparency at sea.
🔗 https://bit.ly/46JXlDo
October 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚢 Now live on the Global Fishing Watch map
We’ve integrated Carrier Vessel Portal features directly into the map — refreshed and enhanced to support faster investigations, richer insights and greater transparency at sea.
🔗 https://bit.ly/46JXlDo
We’ve integrated Carrier Vessel Portal features directly into the map — refreshed and enhanced to support faster investigations, richer insights and greater transparency at sea.
🔗 https://bit.ly/46JXlDo
🌊 In our Africa series, fisheries analyst Maxwell Azali shares how our tools give visibility of fishing, supporting evidence-based policy & port state measures.
📍 With #WIOMSA2025 just wrapped, we’re highlighting how open data strengthens fisheries management across Africa. https://bit.ly/42lQRYC
📍 With #WIOMSA2025 just wrapped, we’re highlighting how open data strengthens fisheries management across Africa. https://bit.ly/42lQRYC
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🌊 In our Africa series, fisheries analyst Maxwell Azali shares how our tools give visibility of fishing, supporting evidence-based policy & port state measures.
📍 With #WIOMSA2025 just wrapped, we’re highlighting how open data strengthens fisheries management across Africa. https://bit.ly/42lQRYC
📍 With #WIOMSA2025 just wrapped, we’re highlighting how open data strengthens fisheries management across Africa. https://bit.ly/42lQRYC
🌊 Wrapping up #WIOMSA2025 in Mombasa! Global Fishing Watch led a hands-on training with 27 participants including government officials, scientists, students & NGOs, showing how open data & satellite tracking can strengthen fisheries management across Africa.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/42lQRYC
Learn more: https://bit.ly/42lQRYC
October 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🌊 Wrapping up #WIOMSA2025 in Mombasa! Global Fishing Watch led a hands-on training with 27 participants including government officials, scientists, students & NGOs, showing how open data & satellite tracking can strengthen fisheries management across Africa.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/42lQRYC
Learn more: https://bit.ly/42lQRYC