# Global Fishing Watch

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Global Fishing Watch Inc Formation Tax-exempt since July 2017; 9 years ago (2017-07) Founder Oceana, SkyTruth and Google Type 501(c)(3) Headquarters Washington, D.C. Revenue 69,478,777 USD (2023) Expenses 13,167,862 USD (2023) Website globalfishingwatch.org [1]

Secretary Kerry Heads to the stage to deliver remarks at the Global Fishing Watch Preview Reception at the Long View Gallery in Washington. (29661895376)

***Global Fishing Watch*** is an independent, international nonprofit organization. It started by a website launched in September 2016 by Google in partnership with [Oceana](/source/Oceana_(non-profit_group)) and [SkyTruth](/source/SkyTruth) "to provide the world’s first global view of [commercial fishing](/source/Commercial_fishing) activities." At any moment, 200,000 vessels are publicizing their locations via the [Automatic Identification System](/source/Automatic_Identification_System) (AIS).[2]

Global Fishing Watch enables users with Internet access to monitor fishing activity globally, and to view "individual vessel tracks, [exclusive economic zones](/source/Exclusive_economic_zone), [marine protected areas](/source/Marine_protected_area), and other features."[3] It is hoped that the initiative can help to reduce "global [overfishing](/source/Overfishing), [illegal fishing](/source/Illegal_fishing) and [habitat destruction](/source/Habitat_destruction)."[4]

The technology was made publicly available at the 2016 US State Department's *Our Oceans Conference* in Washington, DC. The project was partly financed by the [Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation](/source/Leonardo_DiCaprio_Foundation)[5] and the [Bertarelli Foundation](/source/Bertarelli_Foundation).[6] In June 2017, almost a year after being officially launched at the *Our Ocean Conference*, Global Fishing Watch was established as an independent, international nonprofit organization.[7]

In March 2019, Global Fishing Watch helped convince the Panamian authorities to release [Vessel Monitoring System](/source/Vessel_Monitoring_System) data on Panamian ships. This has helped them track Panamian-flagged ships, leading to the apprehension of the MV NIKA for illegal fishing by the Indonesian coastguard in July 2019.[8] Other countries such as Chile have then followed suit.

## See also

- [Overfishing](/source/Overfishing)

- [Fish migration](/source/Fish_migration)

- [Fish farming](/source/Fish_farming)

- [MarineTraffic](/source/MarineTraffic), an open website providing information and tracking of shipping vessels at real-time

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Global Fishing Watch"](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/815461345). Internal Revenue Service filings. *[ProPublica](/source/ProPublica) Nonprofit Explorer*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Google Launches Global Fishing Watch](http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/global-fishing-watch-google/)—*[Digital Trends](/source/Digital_Trends)* (September 16, 2016)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Urbina, Ian (11 August 2020). ["The deadly secret of China's invisible armada"](https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/china-illegal-fishing-fleet/index.html). *NBC News*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Oceana Unveils Global Fishing Watch](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-sharpless/oceana-unveils-global-fis_b_12030462.html)—*[Huffington Post](/source/Huffington_Post)* (September 15, 2016)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Illegal fishing targeted by crowdsourcing thanks to new Global Fishing Watch website](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-16/illegal-fishing-watch-site-crowdsourced-solution-overfishing/7851064)—[*ABC News* (Australia)](/source/ABC_News_(Australia)) (September 15, 2016)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Global Fishing Watch Marine Manager"](https://oceandecade.org/actions/global-fishing-watch/). *oceandecade.org*. 3 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Global Fishing Watch About Us"](https://globalfishingwatch.org/about-us/). *globalfishingwatch.org*. 27 March 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-heffernan_8-0)** Heffernan, Olive (2024-05-21). *The High Seas*. Vancouver Berkeley London: Greystone Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-77164-588-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-77164-588-1).

## External links

- [Global Fishing Watch](https://globalfishingwatch.org/)

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