gfwapiclient

Global Fishing Watch (GFW) API Python Client.

This package provides a Python client for interacting with the Global Fishing Watch (GFW) API, specifically version 3. It enables access to publicly available API resources, and facilitating the retrieval of the data.

Features:

  • 4Wings: Access AIS apparent fishing effort, AIS vessel presence, and SAR vessel detections between 2017 to ~5 days ago.

  • Vessels: Search and retrieve vessel identity based on AIS self-reported data, combined with authorization and registry data from regional and national registries.

  • Events: Retrieve vessel activity events such as encounters, loitering, port visits, fishing events, and AIS off (aka GAPs).

  • Insights: Access vessel insights that combine AIS activity, vessel identity, and public authorizations. Designed to support risk-based decision-making, operational planning, and due diligence—particularly for assessing risks of IUU (Illegal, Unreported, or Unregulated) fishing.

  • Datasets: Retrieve fixed offshore infrastructure detections (e.g., oil platforms, wind farms) from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, from 2017 up to 3 months ago, classified using deep learning.

  • References: Access metadata for EEZs, MPAs, and RFMOs to use in Events API and Map Visualization (4Wings API) requests and analyses.

For comprehensive details, please refer to the official Global Fishing Watch API Documentation.

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gfwapiclient.__all__ = ['APIError', 'APIStatusError', 'AccessTokenError', 'BaseUrlError', 'Client', 'GFWAPIClientError', 'M...