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.
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, …
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Data, accessible via `ee.ImageCollection(\"GFW/GFF/V1/fishing_hours\")`, is segmented by flag state and gear type, with bands including drifting longlines, fixed gear, trawlers, and more, with units in hours per square kilometer. Each country can be called using its ISO3 code, or use \"WLD\" for all. The dataset is accessible via Earth Engine and licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.\n"],null,["Dataset Availability\n: 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z--2017-01-01T00:00:00Z\n\nDataset Provider\n:\n\n\n [Global Fishing Watch](https://globalfishingwatch.org/)\n\nCadence\n: 1 Day\n\nTags\n:\n[fishing](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/fishing) [gfw](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/gfw) [marine](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/marine) [monthly](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/monthly) [ocean](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/ocean) [oceans](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/oceans) \n\nDescription \nFishing effort, measured in hours of inferred fishing activity. Each asset\nis the effort for a given flag state and day, with one band for the\nfishing activity of each gear type.\n\nSee [sample Earth Engine\nscripts](https://globalfishingwatch.org/research/global-footprint-of-fisheries/).\nAlso see [the main GFW site](https://GlobalFishingWatch.org) for program\ninformation, fully interactive visualization maps, and impacts.\n\nBands\n\n\n**Pixel Size**\n\n1113.2 meters\n\n**Bands**\n\n| Name | Units | Description |\n|----------------------|---------|------------------------------------------------------|\n| `drifting_longlines` | h/km\\^2 | Hours per sq. km of fishing with drifting longlines. |\n| `fixed_gear` | h/km\\^2 | Hours per sq. km of fishing with fixed gear. |\n| `other_fishing` | h/km\\^2 | Hours per sq. km of fishing with other gear types. |\n| `purse_seines` | h/km\\^2 | Hours per sq. km of fishing with purse seines. |\n| `squid_jigger` | h/km\\^2 | Hours per sq. km of fishing with squid jiggers. |\n| `trawlers` | h/km\\^2 | Hours per sq. km of fishing with trawlers. |\n\nImage Properties\n\n**Image Properties**\n\n| Name | Type | Description |\n|---------|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| country | STRING | ISO3 country code of the vessel flag state. For all countries, use \"WLD\". |\n\nTerms of Use\n\n**Terms of Use**\n\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0\nInternational license. (CC-BY-SA)\n\nCitations \nCitations:\n\n- Global Fishing Watch, \"Tracking the Global Footprint of Fisheries.\" Science 361.6378 (2018).\n\nExplore with Earth Engine **Important:** Earth Engine is a platform for petabyte-scale scientific analysis and visualization of geospatial datasets, both for public benefit and for business and government users. Earth Engine is free to use for research, education, and nonprofit use. To get started, please [register for Earth Engine access.](https://console.cloud.google.com/earth-engine)\n\nCode Editor (JavaScript) \n\n```javascript\nvar dataset = ee.ImageCollection('GFW/GFF/V1/fishing_hours')\n .filter(ee.Filter.date('2016-12-01', '2017-01-01'));\nvar trawlers = dataset.select('trawlers');\nvar trawlersVis = {\n min: 0.0,\n max: 5.0,\n};\nMap.setCenter(16.201, 36.316, 7);\nMap.addLayer(trawlers.max(), trawlersVis, 'Trawlers');\n```\n[Open in Code Editor](https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=Examples:Datasets/GFW/GFW_GFF_V1_fishing_hours) \n[GFW (Global Fishing Watch) Daily Fishing Hours](/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/GFW_GFF_V1_fishing_hours) \nFishing 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, ... \nGFW/GFF/V1/fishing_hours, fishing,gfw,marine,monthly,ocean,oceans \n2012-01-01T00:00:00Z/2017-01-01T00:00:00Z \n-90 -180 90 180 \nGoogle Earth Engine \nhttps://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets\n\n- [](https://doi.org/https://globalfishingwatch.org/)\n- [](https://doi.org/https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/GFW_GFF_V1_fishing_hours)"]]
