
Global Fishing Watch
@GlobalFishWatch
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Sustainability through transparency in global fishing activity
Joined November 2014
🚨 BREAKING! #GlobalFishingWatch, @emLabUCSB and @ClimateTRACE undertake first-ever pilot study to map the emissions of all large industrial vessels operating at sea. The analysis covered the activity of more than half a million vessels from 2016-2023. Here's what we found.
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Marine protection can’t stop at designation. Many MPAs still allow harmful activities or lack effective monitoring, making it hard to know if they’re truly safeguarding ocean life. In a recent interview with @devex, @DonaBertarelli explains why transparency is essential for
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“If governments can't see that activity, if citizens and advocates can't see what's going on, there's no way to set the rules — much less enforce them.”. 🎙️ @anthawilliams of @BloombergDotOrg shares how tools like Global Fishing Watch are making ocean activity visible and
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🦈 Sharks have been around for over 400 million years, they are even older than trees. 🌳. Yet today, an estimated 100 million are killed by humans every year, often due to overfishing, bycatch, or illegal activity. #SharkAwarenessDay was earlier this week, and it's a powerful
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Who profits from illegal fishing?. The OECD says: time to follow the money. New recommendation urges countries to cut subsidies to IUU-linked vessels — and shine a light on ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO). Read our recent article👇. #IUUfishing #UBO
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🌊 This week, Global Fishing Watch, in partnership with.@sernapesca @DBPhilanthropy @DonaBertarelli , hosted Chile’s first Marine Manager workshop .Participants explored the portal’s tools to support the design, management and monitoring of MPAs—a key step as Chile strengthens
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🔵 “Reliable, accessible data is key to better protection of the Mediterranean Sea.”. At #UNOC3 in Nice, Mariagrazia Graziano, Senior Manager of Europe and the Mediterranean at Global Fishing Watch, shares how transparency and collaboration are helping drive smarter ocean
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Bottom trawling is being challenged globally—and transparency is helping drive change. In the Med’s Otranto Channel, @GlobalFishWatch data supported a new trawling ban to protect fragile ecosystems. Read more at @GlobalCauseUK + @newscientist.🔗
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This Mediaplanet campaign was distributed with the New Scientist and launched on www.globalcause.co.uk on 06 March 2025.
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