Global Fishing Watch Data Availability

🟢 Data available for download

🟡 Data available for only visualization

🔴 No data available

🅧 No plans for implementation

	Map Supports visualization capabilities and collaborative workspaces. Enables search by area or vessel. Allows downloading filtered AIS data in various formats, including GeoTIFF, CSV, and JSON.	APIs Centralized API access for developers and technical users (same APIs used by the Map). Supports programmatic access via REST API. Data details and API guidance.	gfwr R package Wraps around the API for easy querying in R.	Python Package Provides access to APIs using Python and prebult jupyter notebooks.	Data Download Portal Provides access to stable datasets and data tied to publications. Updated less frequently. Provides version-controlled, publication-associated data with README files.
AIS Fishing Effort	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Stable dataset curated manually. Global data.
AIS Vessel Presence	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Stable dataset curated manually. Global data. Fishing vessels only.
Vessel Information	🟢 AIS and Public Registry data, all vessel types.	🟢 AIS and Public Registry data, all vessel types.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Paper dataset. AIS and registry.
AIS Fishing Events (disclaimer)	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🔴 Not yet available.
AIS Port Visits	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Static dataset (no longer updated). Global and regional data.
AIS Loitering Events	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Static dataset (no longer updated). Global and regional data.
AIS Encounter Events	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Static dataset (no longer updated). Global and regional data.
Vessel Insights	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global, regional, vessel-level data.	🔴 Not yet available.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🔴 Not yet available.
AIS Off Events	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Same as APIs	🟢 Same as APIs	🟢 Paper dataset. Global data.
AIS Voyages	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🔴 Not yet available.	🔴 Not yet available.	🔴 Not yet available.	🟢 Stable dataset, updated monthly. Global and regional data.
Sentinel 2 - Vessel Detections	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🔴 Not yet available.	🔴 Not yet available.	🔴 Not yet available.	🟢 Stable dataset, updated daily. Global and regional data.
SAR Vessel Detections	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Global and regional data.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Stable dataset, updated daily. Global, regional data and vessel level.
SAR Fixed Infrastructure Detections	🟡 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Regional and Global-level data. Available only for heatmap visualization	🟢 Dynamic data (3 months delay). Global, regional, vessel-level data.	🔴 Not yet available.	🟢 Same as APIs.	🟢 Stable dataset, updated monthly. Global and regional data.
Environmental Datasets (like Bathymetry, CO2 concentration etc.)	🟡 Available only for heatmap visualization.	🅧 No plans for implementation.	🅧 No plans for implementation.	🅧 No plans for implementation.	🟢 Stable dataset, updated monthly. Global and regional data.
Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) - Country specific data	🟡 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Data download available for select countries.	🅧 No plans for implementation.	🅧 No plans for implementation.	🅧 No plans for implementation.	🅧 No plans for implementation.
Night Light Detections (VIIRS)	🟡 Dynamic, near real time data (72 hour delay). Regional and global-level data.	🔴 Not yet available.	🔴 Not yet available.	🔴 Not yet available.	🟢 Stable dataset, updated monthly. Global and regional data.
Distance From Shore	🔴 Not yet available.	🔴 Not yet available.	🔴 Not yet available.	🔴 Not yet available.	🟢 Stable dataset. Global and regional data.
Anonymized AIS training data	🅧 No plans for implementation.	🅧 No plans for implementation.	🅧 No plans for implementation.	🅧 No plans for implementation.	🟢 Stable dataset. Global and regional data.
Anchorages	🔴 Not yet available.	🔴 Not yet available.	🔴 Not yet available.	🔴 Not yet available.	🟢 Stable dataset, updated annually. Global and regional data.