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Skylight Vessel Information

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When viewing a Vessel Details screen in Skylight, there is an option to view additional vessel information when available.

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you may see instances when additional metadata is available from Global Fishing Watch. GFW synthesizes more than 30 public vessel registries to develop a comprehensive database of known vessel information. 

This is particularly helpful in cases where a vessel is missing its vessel type in AIS, but there is additional information in registry sources aggregated through GFW’s efforts.

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It is possible for there to be multiple records in Global Fishing Watch matching the same vessel. Skylight uses a combination of MMSI, Name and IMO to look for matches in the GFW database. When there are multiple records, there will be a page button to scroll between records: 

Satellite Data

  • Sentinel-1

  • VIIRS