is the vessel presence for a given flag state and day, with one band for the
presence of each gear type.
Version V1
Fishing vessel presence, measured in hours per square km. Each asset
is the vessel presence for a given flag state and day, with one band for the
presence of each gear type.
Name | Description | Gee Unit |
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drifting_longlines | Hours per sq. km of fishing vessel presence with drifting longlines. | hours/sq. km |
fixed_gear | Hours per sq. km of fishing vessel presence with fixed gear. | hours/sq. km |
other_fishing | Hours per sq. km of fishing vessel presence with other gear types. | hours/sq. km |
purse_seines | Hours per sq. km of fishing vessel presence with purse seines. | hours/sq. km |
squid_jigger | Hours per sq. km of fishing vessel presence with squid jiggers. | hours/sq. km |
trawlers | Hours per sq. km of fishing vessel presence with trawlers. | hours/sq. km |
Providers | |
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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"} |