Apparent fishing effort in the Gulf of Mexico

Monthly AIS-derived dishing effort in the Gulf of Mexico during 2024

Usage

data_fishing_effort

Format

## `data_fishing_effort` A data frame with 14,038 rows and 6 columns:

year

Numeric - Year of the observation

month

Numeric - Month of the observation

lat

Numeric - Latitude in decimal degrees indicating the center of the pixel where activity took place

lon

Numeric - Longitude in decimal degrees indicating the center of the pixel where activity took place

effort_vessels

Numeric - Fishing effort measured in number of fishing vessels infered to be fishing at that location

temperature_C

Numeric - Fishing effort measured in apparent fishing hours at that location

Source

Data were generated using the `gfwr` package https://github.com/GlobalFishingWatch/gfwr. See also Kroodsma et al. "Tracking the global footprint of fisheries." Science 359.6378 (2018): 904-908.