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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new study published today in the journal Nature offers an unprecedented view of previously unmapped industrial use of the ocean and how it is...

NEW YORK, U.S., Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Fishing Watch welcomes a new partnership with Palau that aims to strengthen sustainable fisheries management and promote transparency as a...

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Fishing Watch has received a five-year USD $60 million commitment through The Audacious Project to leverage open data and emerging...

Washington, D.C., May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The biggest threat albatrosses face at sea is being caught and killed on commercial fishing hooks as they target bait for food. New research shows...

Washington, D.C., March 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scientists and policymakers have voiced growing concerns about the decline of global squid stocks, but little has been done to date to target...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new study published today in Science Advances combines a decade’s worth of satellite vessel tracking data with identification information from...

SANTA CRUZ, CA, Nov. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new analysis harnesses automatic identification system, or AIS, data to provide information about global fishing activity, including illegal,...

BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a newly established partnership with Global Fishing Watch, Papua New Guinea has committed to sharing vessel tracking data from its Fishing...

Lisbon, Portugal, June 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Norway has become the first country in Europe to partner with Global Fishing Watch—an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing...

Washington, D.C., June 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Fishing Watch has developed and publicly released the first ever global map of previously undetected dark fleets, or vessels that do not...