Apparent fishing effort in the Gulf of Mexico
data_fishing_effort.Rd
Monthly AIS-derived dishing effort in the Gulf of Mexico during 2024
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.