Peru makes fishing vessel tracking data publicly available

Peru is making its national vessel tracking data publicly available for the first time through NGO global Global Fishing Watch (GFW).

It means the public can now view at least 1,300 of Peru’s industrial fishing vessels Peru's commercial fishing vessels via GFW’s map platform, in close to real time without charge.

The development is expected to aid national monitoring and control efforts, including combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

This comes as world leaders prepare to gather in Bali, Indonesia for the fifth-annual 'Our Ocean' conference.