GFW (Global Fishing Watch) Daily Fishing Hours (GFW/GFF/V1/fishing_hours)
Version V1
Fishing effort, measured in hours of inferred fishing activity. Each asset
is the effort for a given flag state and day, with one band for the
fishing activity of each gear type.
| Name | Description | Gee Unit |
|---|---|---|
| drifting_longlines | Hours per sq. km of fishing with drifting longlines. | hours/sq. km |
| fixed_gear | Hours per sq. km of fishing with fixed gear. | hours/sq. km |
| other_fishing | Hours per sq. km of fishing with other gear types. | hours/sq. km |
| purse_seines | Hours per sq. km of fishing with purse seines. | hours/sq. km |
| squid_jigger | Hours per sq. km of fishing with squid jiggers. | hours/sq. km |
| trawlers | Hours per sq. km of fishing with trawlers. | hours/sq. km |
Providers | |
|---|---|
| Global Fishing Watch (producer, licensor) | |
| Google Earth Engine (host) | |
| STAC Version | 0.6.0 |
| Keywords | fishing, gfw, marine, monthly, ocean |
| License | proprietary |
| Temporal Extent | 12/31/2011, 4:00:00 PM - now |
| Citation | Global Fishing Watch, “Tracking the Global Footprint of Fisheries.” Science 361.6378 (2018). |
| Type | image_collection |
| GSD | arc degreesm |
| Cadence | day |
| Asset schema | {"name":"country","description":"ISO3 country code of the vessel flag state. For all countries, use “WLD”.","type":"STRING"} |