Page Summary
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This dataset provides daily fishing effort data, measured in hours of inferred fishing activity, from 2012 to 2017.
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Each dataset asset represents the fishing effort for a specific flag state and day, broken down by different gear types.
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The data is available from Global Fishing Watch and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.
- Dataset Availability
- 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z–2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Dataset Provider
- Global Fishing Watch
- Cadence
- 1 Day
- Tags
Description
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.
See sample Earth Engine scripts . Also see the main GFW site for program information, fully interactive visualization maps, and impacts.
Bands
Pixel Size 1113.2 meters
Bands
| Name | Units | Pixel Size | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
drifting_longlines
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h/km^2 | meters | Hours per sq. km of fishing with drifting longlines. |
fixed_gear
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h/km^2 | meters | Hours per sq. km of fishing with fixed gear. |
other_fishing
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h/km^2 | meters | Hours per sq. km of fishing with other gear types. |
purse_seines
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h/km^2 | meters | Hours per sq. km of fishing with purse seines. |
squid_jigger
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h/km^2 | meters | Hours per sq. km of fishing with squid jiggers. |
trawlers
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h/km^2 | meters | Hours per sq. km of fishing with trawlers. |
Image Properties
Image Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
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country
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STRING | ISO3 country code of the vessel flag state. For all countries, use "WLD". |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. (CC-BY-SA)
Citations
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Global Fishing Watch, "Tracking the Global Footprint of Fisheries." Science 361.6378 (2018).
Explore with Earth Engine
Code Editor (JavaScript)
var dataset = ee . ImageCollection ( 'GFW/GFF/V1/fishing_hours' ) . filter ( ee . Filter . date ( '2016-12-01' , '2017-01-01' )); var trawlers = dataset . select ( 'trawlers' ); var trawlersVis = { min : 0.0 , max : 5.0 , }; Map . setCenter ( 16.201 , 36.316 , 7 ); Map . addLayer ( trawlers . max (), trawlersVis , 'Trawlers' );
