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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.

Commercial Data

Skylight has contracted with Maxar to provide commercial data to Skylight users particularly for: 

  • Supporting ongoing monitoring and enforcement efforts with imagery automatically cued by high-risk Skylight events, and 

  • Supporting fisheries operations and patrols where publicly provided data does not provide have coverage

Specifically, Skylight is contracting for data from the following sources (as of June, 2023)

Optical Imagery; WorldView-1,2,3; GeoEye-1;

Satellite Radar; TerraSAR-X, PAZ; and

Radio Frequency: Unseen Labs BRO satellites