VIIRS and Global Fishing Watch VMS Data Side by Side (IMAGE)

Global Fishing Watch

VIIRS and Global Fishing Watch VMS Data Side by Side

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On the left, blue boats represent vessels detected by NOAA's satellite-based Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) over the Arufura Sea on January, 2018. On the right, yellow dots represent active fishing vessels using Indonesia's Vessel Monitoring System plotted on the Global Fishing Watch map. About 80 percent of VIIRS-detected vessels do not broadcast VMS, and so combining the two data sources provides a more complete picture of fishing activity in Indonesia.

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Global Fishing Watch 2018

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