Also, we’re hosting an event this afternoon to share how researchers can access and apply our datasets—and to spotlight our Open Ocean Research Grants Program:
🔗 lnkd.in/gSrKySCw

I wrote a response here on linkedin: www.linkedin.com/posts/davidk...

That's a great question, and one I think we can probably answer in the next year or so.

I think the answers are "a meaningful amount" and "yes."

You can also download the CSVs here: globalfishingwatch.org/data-download/

Here is the BigQuery query to get this public data:

SELECT
date_diff(date, "2012-01-01", day) days,
floor(cell_ll_lat*4) lat_index,
sum(fishing_hours) fishing_hours
FROM
`global-fishing-watch.fishing_effort_v3.fleet_daily_100_v3`
where
fishing_hours > 0
group
by days, lat_index

This is all vessels. And using imagery (sar or optical) up there is going to be horribly difficult because the density of vessels is low and the density of icebergs is high.

At some point I will get around to making this for more years than just 2019.

Yeah, that’s didn’t realize that either until I made the map. You can also see how critical those rivers in northern Russia must be for transportation—but only for half the year!

Nice! It is great to see this.

It has been almost three and a half years since Caldor, and given the three "mild" fire seasons since then, it's amazing how quickly I have forgotten about the risk posed by the forests behind my neighborhood. LA is reminding me.