Ocean Monitoring

Open-access map tracking 100,000+ commercial fishing vessels from 2012 to near real-time using AIS/VMS data and machine-learning classifiers. Filter by flag, gear type, and time period. Download custom activity reports. The first platform to make global fishing patterns visible to journalists, NGOs, and citizens at scale.

AI-powered vessel monitoring for fisheries compliance. Detects illegal fishing using satellite data.

Ocean-positive movement with 25M+ pounds of trash removed from oceans and coastlines. Products fund cleanups.

Tackling up to a third of all plastic entering the ocean from the world's most polluting urban areas.

Solar-powered floating trash skimmers for marinas and harbors. Australian invention with pollution data collection.

AI-powered drones identify pollution hotspots and waste collection boats clean rivers before plastic reaches the ocean.

AIR strategy (Avoid, Intercept, Redesign). Turns ocean plastic into products through a network of creators and thinkers.

Netherlands-based organization fighting microplastic pollution. Beat the Microbead app and research-focused campaigns.

Find certified sustainable seafood. Understanding the MSC blue label and making informed seafood choices.

Traffic-light system for sustainable seafood. Use at grocery stores and restaurants with 10,000+ products rated.

Find MSC certified products. Available in 6 languages with 10,000+ consumer products listed worldwide.

UK and Europe-focused sustainable seafood guide. Traffic light ratings for fish species by catch method.

South African Sustainable Seafood Initiative. Scan fish to check sustainability status.

QR code scanning for seafood origin, nutrition, and sustainability credentials. EU-funded project.

Research on sustainable fish farming, seaweed cultivation, and IMTA (Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture). IMTA co-cultures species at different trophic levels so waste from one feeds another. Bay of Fundy trials show 46-50% kelp/mussel growth enhancement near salmon cages. China's Sanggou Bay produces 84,500t kelp, 535t finfish, and 15,000t scallops annually from integrated systems. Yellow Sea IMTA demonstrations achieved 57.85% higher economic benefit and 131.1% higher comprehensive benefit versus monoculture, with 10% lower labor costs. Brazilian small-scale IMTA (mussels + scallops + seaweed) shows payback periods under 4.24 years on just 0.4 hectares.

Citizen science platform for logging marine species observations and contributing to biodiversity research.

Volunteer coral reef monitoring worldwide. Training programs for citizen reef scientists.

NOAA partnership for tracking and reporting marine debris. Contributes to pollution research data.

Interviews with marine scientists, conservationists, and ocean advocates. Solutions-focused.

Sustainable fishing, aquaculture innovation, and ocean economics. Industry insider perspectives.