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Global Fishing Watch uses Global Fishing Watch uses data of AIS system making it possible to track fishing vessel movements.
Peru releases its fishing vessels satellite information
PERU Monday, October 29, 2018, 23:20 (GMT + 9)
Peru has decided to release the satellite tracking information of its fishing vessels, which will be available for the first time through the Global Fishing Watch platform (GFW).
From now on, any person can observe the commercial fishing activity of Peru through the global map of the platform, almost in real time and free of charge.
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At least 1,300 industrial fishing vessels of Peru, most of which could not be detected by GFW's Automatic Identification System (AIS), can now be viewed through the public map.
For Peru alone, the number of boats visible through GFW was increased 10 times, which will help in monitoring and control efforts, including the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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Indonesia, the host of the Our Ocean 2018 summit, became the first country in 2017 to release the tracking information of its vessels through the GFW system, by including 5,000 smaller fishing vessels that do not use AIS on the GFW map. Peru has now become the second country that shares the information of its fishing activity through GFW.
GFW uses information from the AIS system to track the movement of fishing vessels. Although AIS is used for larger vessels that catch a disproportionately large amount of fish, adding the information from the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS), required by many governments, to the GFW map, allowing to have an overview much clearer of the fishing activity globally.
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"By releasing the tracking information of their vessels, Peru has taken a crucial step towards making transparency in fishing the norm rather than the exception," said Tony Long, executive director of Global Fishing Watch.
"Peru will also use our information of night fishing images to show those boats that operate at night and that appear illuminated on the map. We congratulate Peru for its decision to enter their information on our map and access the information available to improve their existing systems and strengthen monitoring in their waters and in the adjacent seas."
Peru is the second country in the world that fishes the most after China and is home to one of the world's largest single-species anchovy.
Oceana, founding partner of GFW, has worked closely with the Peruvian government in order to increase the transparency of commercial fishing in this country.
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“We are very happy to know that our government will be one of the first to take advantage of the Global Fishing Watch platform," said Patricia Majluf, vice president of Oceana Peru.
"Greater transparency will allow Peruvians to witness all the benefits of the richness of our resources, now and in the future."
Peru's efforts come after the Canadian government formally expressed its support for GFW's work at the G7 ministers meeting held in Halifax earlier this month, along with its commitment to promote better information exchange, improvement of scientific collaboration and an investment of up to USD 11.6 million to combat IUU fishing.
"In Global Fishing Watch we have assumed the commitment to achieve the participation of 20 countries in our Transparency Programme for the year 2022, with the purpose of promoting the responsible management of the fishing resource. We urge other nations to follow the example of Indonesia, Peru and Canada," added Tony Long.
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