Paul Woods
@paulwoods.io
Founder of Global Fishing Watch, sci-fi lover, python developer, arduino hobbyist globalfishingwatch.org
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Friends, the Society for Conservation Biology - Marine Program is looking for a Science Officer.
As the most recent science officer, I am happy to chat with you about the role if you're considering running!
As the most recent science officer, I am happy to chat with you about the role if you're considering running!
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Friends, the Society for Conservation Biology - Marine Program is looking for a Science Officer.
As the most recent science officer, I am happy to chat with you about the role if you're considering running!
As the most recent science officer, I am happy to chat with you about the role if you're considering running!
Can AI be more than just a one-way ticket towards a dystopian future?
At Global Fishing Watch, we’re proving it can be a force for good. 🌊
👉 The question isn’t whether AI will shape the future. It’s whether we’ll use it to protect our planet. 🌍 #UNGA80 #ClimateWeekNYC #AIforGood
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At Global Fishing Watch, we’re proving it can be a force for good. 🌊
👉 The question isn’t whether AI will shape the future. It’s whether we’ll use it to protect our planet. 🌍 #UNGA80 #ClimateWeekNYC #AIforGood
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AI Can Help Save the Ocean — If We Let It
Artificial intelligence is already transforming ocean governance. Now it’s time for governments to use it.
globalfishingwatch.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Can AI be more than just a one-way ticket towards a dystopian future?
At Global Fishing Watch, we’re proving it can be a force for good. 🌊
👉 The question isn’t whether AI will shape the future. It’s whether we’ll use it to protect our planet. 🌍 #UNGA80 #ClimateWeekNYC #AIforGood
buff.ly/KXXLhdb
At Global Fishing Watch, we’re proving it can be a force for good. 🌊
👉 The question isn’t whether AI will shape the future. It’s whether we’ll use it to protect our planet. 🌍 #UNGA80 #ClimateWeekNYC #AIforGood
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Congratulations to my good friend @johnamos.bsky.social on being named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list www.forbes.com/sites/elisab...
Forbes Sustainability Leaders 2025: Sustainability Across Sectors
Forbes Sustainability Leaders List highlights global leaders combating the climate crisis across a range of sectors. See who made the list.
www.forbes.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Congratulations to my good friend @johnamos.bsky.social on being named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list www.forbes.com/sites/elisab...
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Brazil is using our Marine Manager platform to help oversee its coastline — turning complex ocean data into clear, actionable insights that can inform policy, guide energy decisions and protect marine areas.
Read more 👉 globalfishingwatch.org/article/braz...
#OpenData #OceanTransparency #Brazil
Read more 👉 globalfishingwatch.org/article/braz...
#OpenData #OceanTransparency #Brazil
September 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Brazil is using our Marine Manager platform to help oversee its coastline — turning complex ocean data into clear, actionable insights that can inform policy, guide energy decisions and protect marine areas.
Read more 👉 globalfishingwatch.org/article/braz...
#OpenData #OceanTransparency #Brazil
Read more 👉 globalfishingwatch.org/article/braz...
#OpenData #OceanTransparency #Brazil
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#NewPaper in @aaas.org finds that domestic fishing vessels account for the majority of port visits around the world.
Comprehensive inspections at port for both foreign and domestic fishing fleets are a key deterrent for #illegalfishing. https://stanford.io/45LXlB2
Comprehensive inspections at port for both foreign and domestic fishing fleets are a key deterrent for #illegalfishing. https://stanford.io/45LXlB2
September 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#NewPaper in @aaas.org finds that domestic fishing vessels account for the majority of port visits around the world.
Comprehensive inspections at port for both foreign and domestic fishing fleets are a key deterrent for #illegalfishing. https://stanford.io/45LXlB2
Comprehensive inspections at port for both foreign and domestic fishing fleets are a key deterrent for #illegalfishing. https://stanford.io/45LXlB2
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🔍 Next up for our Ask Global Fishing Watch series: Optical satellite imagery
Geospatial data scientist Zihan Wei explains how we use Sentinel-2 for broad offshore coverage and Planet imagery for near-shore activity, including small-scale fishing often missed. 🌊
👉 https://bit.ly/4mL9Q79
Geospatial data scientist Zihan Wei explains how we use Sentinel-2 for broad offshore coverage and Planet imagery for near-shore activity, including small-scale fishing often missed. 🌊
👉 https://bit.ly/4mL9Q79
September 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🔍 Next up for our Ask Global Fishing Watch series: Optical satellite imagery
Geospatial data scientist Zihan Wei explains how we use Sentinel-2 for broad offshore coverage and Planet imagery for near-shore activity, including small-scale fishing often missed. 🌊
👉 https://bit.ly/4mL9Q79
Geospatial data scientist Zihan Wei explains how we use Sentinel-2 for broad offshore coverage and Planet imagery for near-shore activity, including small-scale fishing often missed. 🌊
👉 https://bit.ly/4mL9Q79
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Vietnam is forging its own EV path. 🚗⚡In just 2 years, it leapt from 3% to over 50% EV share. Homegrown VinFast—once laughed off—is now #1, #2, and #3. Backed by tax breaks, 150k chargers, and national pride, this isn’t catch-up. It’s a regional S-curve explosion—and there’s plenty more to come. #EV
VinFast: A Stunning Comeback
Winning At Home And In Southeast Asia
newsletter.dunneinsights.com
August 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Vietnam is forging its own EV path. 🚗⚡In just 2 years, it leapt from 3% to over 50% EV share. Homegrown VinFast—once laughed off—is now #1, #2, and #3. Backed by tax breaks, 150k chargers, and national pride, this isn’t catch-up. It’s a regional S-curve explosion—and there’s plenty more to come. #EV
Nice piece in Stanford Social Innovation Review by discussing the work that Global Forest Watch (the "other GFW") and Global Fishing Watch are doing to find ways for industry to more directly support our open data work that helps industry to meet their ESG commitments ssir.org/articles/ent...
Who Should Pay for ESG Infrastructure? (SSIR)
Foundations and nonprofits built the tools that companies now use for ESG reporting, brand credibility, and risk management. Is there a funding model for maintaining these tools so they remain credibl...
ssir.org
July 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Nice piece in Stanford Social Innovation Review by discussing the work that Global Forest Watch (the "other GFW") and Global Fishing Watch are doing to find ways for industry to more directly support our open data work that helps industry to meet their ESG commitments ssir.org/articles/ent...
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Why do some say marine protected areas are just “paper parks”? And are industrial fishers actually staying out of these no-fishing zones?
New in @science.org: We used AI + satellite radar to find out. doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#ScienceResearch #OceanConservation #OceanTransparency #30x30 #Fisheries
New in @science.org: We used AI + satellite radar to find out. doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#ScienceResearch #OceanConservation #OceanTransparency #30x30 #Fisheries
July 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Why do some say marine protected areas are just “paper parks”? And are industrial fishers actually staying out of these no-fishing zones?
New in @science.org: We used AI + satellite radar to find out. doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#ScienceResearch #OceanConservation #OceanTransparency #30x30 #Fisheries
New in @science.org: We used AI + satellite radar to find out. doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#ScienceResearch #OceanConservation #OceanTransparency #30x30 #Fisheries
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Batteries are now so cheap that solar power no longer sleeps. ☀️🔋 2024 marked the inflection point: storage doubled, solar soared, and fossil electricity flatlined. This isn't just a tech milestone—it's a civilisational shift. From fossil dusk to solar dawn. The sun can now power the night! #SolarEra
Batteries are so cheap now, solar power doesn’t sleep
Batteries are now cheap enough to make 24/7 solar power affordable, unlocking round-the-clock clean energy in the world’s sunniest cities.
electrek.co
June 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Batteries are now so cheap that solar power no longer sleeps. ☀️🔋 2024 marked the inflection point: storage doubled, solar soared, and fossil electricity flatlined. This isn't just a tech milestone—it's a civilisational shift. From fossil dusk to solar dawn. The sun can now power the night! #SolarEra
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How do you protect one of the ocean’s most biodiverse corridors? 🌊
Fisheries analyst Joe Fader shares how @globalfishingwatch.org is helping CMAR countries boost enforcement through data and collaboration.
🔗 Read more: globalfishingwatch.org/article/stre...
#CMAR #OceanTransparency #MPAs
Fisheries analyst Joe Fader shares how @globalfishingwatch.org is helping CMAR countries boost enforcement through data and collaboration.
🔗 Read more: globalfishingwatch.org/article/stre...
#CMAR #OceanTransparency #MPAs
June 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
How do you protect one of the ocean’s most biodiverse corridors? 🌊
Fisheries analyst Joe Fader shares how @globalfishingwatch.org is helping CMAR countries boost enforcement through data and collaboration.
🔗 Read more: globalfishingwatch.org/article/stre...
#CMAR #OceanTransparency #MPAs
Fisheries analyst Joe Fader shares how @globalfishingwatch.org is helping CMAR countries boost enforcement through data and collaboration.
🔗 Read more: globalfishingwatch.org/article/stre...
#CMAR #OceanTransparency #MPAs
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We are #NowHiring a Video Producer 🎬
The role will cover all of EJF’s campaigns to gather the evidence and visual materials that underpin and support our campaigns and advocacy work. Find out more and apply here: ejfoundation.org/jobs/video-p...
The role will cover all of EJF’s campaigns to gather the evidence and visual materials that underpin and support our campaigns and advocacy work. Find out more and apply here: ejfoundation.org/jobs/video-p...
Video Producer
You will be working with the Film Unit and Campaigns teams and should have experience working on campaigns, factual programming or investigative…
ejfoundation.org
June 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We are #NowHiring a Video Producer 🎬
The role will cover all of EJF’s campaigns to gather the evidence and visual materials that underpin and support our campaigns and advocacy work. Find out more and apply here: ejfoundation.org/jobs/video-p...
The role will cover all of EJF’s campaigns to gather the evidence and visual materials that underpin and support our campaigns and advocacy work. Find out more and apply here: ejfoundation.org/jobs/video-p...
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🚨 Final call: applications for Global Fishing Watch’s Open Ocean Research Grants close June 17 (end of day, anywhere in the world).
Up to $20,000 for research into ocean transparency + governance.
🌐 Open globally — see priority geographies:
🔗 bit.ly/open-ocean-r...
Up to $20,000 for research into ocean transparency + governance.
🌐 Open globally — see priority geographies:
🔗 bit.ly/open-ocean-r...
June 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🚨 Final call: applications for Global Fishing Watch’s Open Ocean Research Grants close June 17 (end of day, anywhere in the world).
Up to $20,000 for research into ocean transparency + governance.
🌐 Open globally — see priority geographies:
🔗 bit.ly/open-ocean-r...
Up to $20,000 for research into ocean transparency + governance.
🌐 Open globally — see priority geographies:
🔗 bit.ly/open-ocean-r...
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Today at #UNOC3 , Global Fishing Watch partner @donabertarelli.bsky.social delivered a powerful call to rethink our relationship with the ocean, from one of extraction to one of reciprocity and regeneration.
We thank her for the ongoing support in our mission to unveil human activities at sea.
We thank her for the ongoing support in our mission to unveil human activities at sea.
June 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Today at #UNOC3 , Global Fishing Watch partner @donabertarelli.bsky.social delivered a powerful call to rethink our relationship with the ocean, from one of extraction to one of reciprocity and regeneration.
We thank her for the ongoing support in our mission to unveil human activities at sea.
We thank her for the ongoing support in our mission to unveil human activities at sea.
@skytruth.org any chance we can see other trends like this based on long time series analysis of SAR-detected oil slicks?
incredibly cool paper that uses geolocated data of oil spills to show how fossil fuel companies exploited the regulatory uncertainty of Brexit to increase pollution
🚨 WP w/ @acalacino.bsky.social & @hayleypring.bsky.social
It’s been a turbulent decade of globalization backlash. Populist projects wanna take back control everywhere.
Focusing on the case of oil and Brexit, we offer a story of the danger of this narrative and concrete merits of multilateralism: 🧵
It’s been a turbulent decade of globalization backlash. Populist projects wanna take back control everywhere.
Focusing on the case of oil and Brexit, we offer a story of the danger of this narrative and concrete merits of multilateralism: 🧵
June 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
@skytruth.org any chance we can see other trends like this based on long time series analysis of SAR-detected oil slicks?
We spent a couple of hours watching a pair of beaver in a pond on the grounds of the Himalayan Institute in north eastern PA, apparently involved in a grueling grudge match with the grounds keepers over the appropriate height for the dam that blocks the outlet to their pond.
June 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We spent a couple of hours watching a pair of beaver in a pond on the grounds of the Himalayan Institute in north eastern PA, apparently involved in a grueling grudge match with the grounds keepers over the appropriate height for the dam that blocks the outlet to their pond.
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🚢 75% of industrial fishing vessels aren’t publicly tracked.
In this @pbs.org film, @globalfishwatchceo.bsky.social joins voices from Brazil and @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social on how transparency can reshape ocean governance.
🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPU3...
#OceanTransparency
In this @pbs.org film, @globalfishwatchceo.bsky.social joins voices from Brazil and @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social on how transparency can reshape ocean governance.
🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPU3...
#OceanTransparency
Tracking the Tide: Unveiling the Hidden World of Vessel Activity
YouTube video by Global Fishing Watch
www.youtube.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🚢 75% of industrial fishing vessels aren’t publicly tracked.
In this @pbs.org film, @globalfishwatchceo.bsky.social joins voices from Brazil and @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social on how transparency can reshape ocean governance.
🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPU3...
#OceanTransparency
In this @pbs.org film, @globalfishwatchceo.bsky.social joins voices from Brazil and @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social on how transparency can reshape ocean governance.
🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPU3...
#OceanTransparency
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The unseen link between trawling and fish farming:
New paper finds roughly 40% of fish feed inputs reported as ‘byproduct’ actually come from wild-captured seafloor-dwelling species.
🌎🦑🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New paper finds roughly 40% of fish feed inputs reported as ‘byproduct’ actually come from wild-captured seafloor-dwelling species.
🌎🦑🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
May 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The unseen link between trawling and fish farming:
New paper finds roughly 40% of fish feed inputs reported as ‘byproduct’ actually come from wild-captured seafloor-dwelling species.
🌎🦑🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New paper finds roughly 40% of fish feed inputs reported as ‘byproduct’ actually come from wild-captured seafloor-dwelling species.
🌎🦑🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
GFW needs your help! We have too much data and not enough researchers to investigate all the possibilities. So today we're piloting a new research grant program to encourage researchers to do novel things with our data. Find out more here buff.ly/MDL4xLE
#OceanScience #Fisheries #ResearchFunding
#OceanScience #Fisheries #ResearchFunding
Open Ocean Research Grants Program
This research grant program aims to enhance ocean governance by publicly sharing data on human activity at sea to grow our community of practice and expand and improve Global Fishing Watch datasets.
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May 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
GFW needs your help! We have too much data and not enough researchers to investigate all the possibilities. So today we're piloting a new research grant program to encourage researchers to do novel things with our data. Find out more here buff.ly/MDL4xLE
#OceanScience #Fisheries #ResearchFunding
#OceanScience #Fisheries #ResearchFunding
Hooray! We now have an official company BlueSky account for Global Fishing Watch! #globalfishingwatch
Transparency is at the heart of everything we do - on the water, in policy and across digital spaces.
That’s why we’ve joined Bluesky. As more researchers, advocates and institutions move here, we’re showing up to share open data, science and stories that power ocean protection.
That’s why we’ve joined Bluesky. As more researchers, advocates and institutions move here, we’re showing up to share open data, science and stories that power ocean protection.
May 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Hooray! We now have an official company BlueSky account for Global Fishing Watch! #globalfishingwatch
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China Launches First of 2,800 Satellites For AI Space Computing Constellation
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/05/15/2326249/china-launches-first-of-2800-satellites-for-ai-space-computing-constellation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
China Launches First of 2,800 Satellites For AI Space Computing Constellation
China launched 12 satellites on Wednesday as part of the âoeThree-Body Computing Constellation,â the worldâ(TM)s first dedicated orbital computing network led by ADA Space and Zhejiang Lab. SpaceNews reports: A Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 12:12 a.m. Eastern (0412 UTC) May 14 f...
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May 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
China Launches First of 2,800 Satellites For AI Space Computing Constellation
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/05/15/2326249/china-launches-first-of-2800-satellites-for-ai-space-computing-constellation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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#ICYMI Open Ownership is hiring a short-term, part-time technical and legal consultant to provide country-specific legal expertise on the laws relevant to #BeneficialOwnership #transparency.
Deadline: 12 May 2025
More: www.openownership.org/en/about/job...
#NGOJobs #NonProfitJobs @unjobs.org
Deadline: 12 May 2025
More: www.openownership.org/en/about/job...
#NGOJobs #NonProfitJobs @unjobs.org
May 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#ICYMI Open Ownership is hiring a short-term, part-time technical and legal consultant to provide country-specific legal expertise on the laws relevant to #BeneficialOwnership #transparency.
Deadline: 12 May 2025
More: www.openownership.org/en/about/job...
#NGOJobs #NonProfitJobs @unjobs.org
Deadline: 12 May 2025
More: www.openownership.org/en/about/job...
#NGOJobs #NonProfitJobs @unjobs.org
An estimated 75% of industrial fishing vessels do not appear in public monitoring systems. They are ghosts drifting in the vast data void of the ocean.
#GlobalFishingWatch #OceanTransparency #IUUfishing #SustainableFisheries #OurOcean #OpenData #BlueEconomy
youtu.be/YPU3CEz-mHw?...
#GlobalFishingWatch #OceanTransparency #IUUfishing #SustainableFisheries #OurOcean #OpenData #BlueEconomy
youtu.be/YPU3CEz-mHw?...
Tracking the Tide: Unveiling the Hidden World of Vessel Activity
An estimated 75% of industrial fishing vessels do not appear in public monitoring systems. They are ghosts drifting in the vast data void of the ocean. But...
youtu.be
April 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
An estimated 75% of industrial fishing vessels do not appear in public monitoring systems. They are ghosts drifting in the vast data void of the ocean.
#GlobalFishingWatch #OceanTransparency #IUUfishing #SustainableFisheries #OurOcean #OpenData #BlueEconomy
youtu.be/YPU3CEz-mHw?...
#GlobalFishingWatch #OceanTransparency #IUUfishing #SustainableFisheries #OurOcean #OpenData #BlueEconomy
youtu.be/YPU3CEz-mHw?...
Nice piece by Ian Urbina of Outlaw Ocean on the challenges posed by proposed seabed mining for minerals needed for clean energy transition. Nothing is simple it seems...
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Plumbing Seafloor Wealth
For the past decade, the mining industry has argued that the ocean floor is an essential frontier for rare-earth metals needed in the batteries used in cell phones and laptops.
theoutlawocean.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Nice piece by Ian Urbina of Outlaw Ocean on the challenges posed by proposed seabed mining for minerals needed for clean energy transition. Nothing is simple it seems...
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The morels are back! Yum! Thanks to our lackadaisical gardening practices, we get these yummy treats coming up every other year in our front garden. I think maybe they like the roots of our redbud tree. #mushrooms
April 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The morels are back! Yum! Thanks to our lackadaisical gardening practices, we get these yummy treats coming up every other year in our front garden. I think maybe they like the roots of our redbud tree. #mushrooms