Title
Mapping EU fishing activities using ship tracking data.
Abstract
Information and understanding of fishing activities at sea are fundamental components of marine knowledge and maritime situational awareness. Such information is important to fisheries science, public authorities and policy-makers. In this paper we introduce a first map at European scale of EU fishing activities extracted using Automatic Identification System ship tracking data. The resulting map is a density of points that identify fishing activities. A measure of the reliability of such information is also presented as a map of coverage reception capabilities.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1080/17445647.2016.1195299
JOURNAL OF MAPS
Keywords
Field
DocType
Fishing activity,AIS,vessel behaviour,AIS coverage
Fishing,Situation awareness,Tracking data,Automatic Identification System,Fisheries science,Geography,Cartography
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
12
SUPnan
1744-5647
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.42
3
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michele Vespe116614.03
Maurizio Gibin2364.78
Alfredo Alessandrini3171.61
Fabrizio Natale4141.62
Fabio Mazzarella5353.94
Giacomo Osio6101.01