When monitoring vessel activity on the vast scale of the world’s oceans at SkyTruth we know we’re almost always dealing with incomplete information. For example, only some vessels transmit their locations at sea via the Automatic Identification System (AIS), while others may only come up in a particular government’s private Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) or […]
Check out these standup interviews John had with Globo News when he presented at the Brazilian Congress on Protected Areas (CBUC) in August. How can we illustrate the problem of overfishing from space? How the Silver Sea 2 fishing vessel was caught with slaves on board
We were very pleased to complete a three day training session this month in Lima with the Peruvian Ministry of Production’s vessel surveillance division. It was an opportunity for us to share the latest developments on the Global Fishing Watch mapping platform and to get expert feedback from professionals in Peru’s fisheries sector.
We are thrilled to announce that Amy McCormick has joined the SkyTruth team as our new Development Director. Amy brings with her a wealth of fundraising experience and grant writing savvy, as well as boundless enthusiasm and a passion for environmental protection. Amy’s most recent career chapter has been spent in Portland, Oregon, working for […]
My name is Johnna Armstrong. Like a lot of us at SkyTruth, I wear a couple of different hats, but mostly I’m a Sys. Admin, and I also do some project management, keep the website and our in-house tools running, and (try to) keep up with the latest security hacks and phishing exploits. For the […]