GFW active flags

This layer contains an H3 hexagonal grid annotated with ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country codes, representing the country of registration of the most active vessels in each area over the past 31 days according to the event data provided by Global Fishing Watch.

Layer Details

  • Category: overlay
  • Data type: tiles

Sources

  • © 2025, Global Fishing Watch, Inc., https://globalfishingwatch.org/our-apis/.
  • © Kontur https://kontur.io/

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