Global Fishing Watch
Monitors global fishing vessel activity, movements, and provides vessel identification to combat illegal fishing.
Custom Streaming + One-shot
Fetch fishing, encounter, port visit, or loitering events for a vessel from Global Fishing Watch.
What you can ask Delphi
- “What fishing events, port visits, or loitering activities has the vessel 'Ocean Guardian' engaged in recently?”
- “Show me all fishing activity by Chinese-flagged vessels within the Exclusive Economic Zone of Palau during the last month.”
- “Can you find information on the vessel with MMSI 257000000 in the Global Fishing Watch registry?”
- “Identify all fishing vessels that have entered the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in the last two weeks, regardless of flag state.”
Technical details
Authentication ▾
Contact us for setup details.
Ingestion ▾
Mode: Streaming + One-shot
Tools exposed (4) ▾
gfw/get_fishing_events
Fetch fishing, encounter, port visit, or loitering events for a vessel from Global Fishing Watch.
gfw/get_fishing_events_by_region
Fetch fishing events within a geographic bounding box from Global Fishing Watch. Useful for identifying fishing activity in SIDS EEZs (Exclusive Economic Zones), detecting IUU (illegal, unreported, unregulated) fishing near Pacific/Caribbean island nations, or monitoring specific ocean regions. Filter by flag state to identify foreign fishing vessels.
gfw/search_vessels
Search Global Fishing Watch vessel registry by name, MMSI, IMO, or callsign.
schedule_gfw_events
Create or update a recurring Global Fishing Watch events connector.
Inputs ▾
gfw/get_fishing_events
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| dashboardId | string | no | Target dashboard/initiative ID. Omit to use the current dashboard. |
| vesselId | string | yes | Global Fishing Watch vessel ID. |
| dataset | string | no | Event dataset. Default 'public-global-fishing-events:latest'. |
| startDate | string | no | ISO date for the start of the date range, e.g. '2025-01-01'. |
| endDate | string | no | ISO date for the end of the date range, e.g. '2025-12-31'. |
| limit | number | no | Max events to return. Default 50. |
| offset | number | no | Pagination offset. Default 0. |
| filter_paths | string[] | no | Optional glob paths to reduce the response. |
gfw/get_fishing_events_by_region
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| dashboardId | string | no | Target dashboard/initiative ID. Omit to use the current dashboard. |
| bboxMinLon | number | yes | Bounding box minimum longitude (west edge), e.g. -180 for Pacific. Range: -180 to 180. |
| bboxMinLat | number | yes | Bounding box minimum latitude (south edge), e.g. -25 for South Pacific. Range: -90 to 90. |
| bboxMaxLon | number | yes | Bounding box maximum longitude (east edge), e.g. 180 for Pacific. Range: -180 to 180. |
| bboxMaxLat | number | yes | Bounding box maximum latitude (north edge), e.g. 25 for North Pacific. Range: -90 to 90. |
| startDate | string | yes | ISO date for the start of the date range, e.g. '2025-01-01'. |
| endDate | string | yes | ISO date for the end of the date range, e.g. '2025-12-31'. |
| dataset | string | no | Event dataset. Default 'public-global-fishing-events:latest'. Use 'public-global-encounters-events:latest' for vessel encounters. |
| flagState | string | no | Filter by vessel flag state — ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code, e.g. 'CHN', 'TWN', 'KOR'. Useful for identifying foreign fishing in SIDS EEZs. |
| limit | number | no | Max events to return. Default 50. |
| offset | number | no | Pagination offset. Default 0. |
| filter_paths | string[] | no | Optional glob paths to reduce the response. |
gfw/search_vessels
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| dashboardId | string | no | Target dashboard/initiative ID. Omit to use the current dashboard. |
| query | string | yes | Search query: vessel name, MMSI, IMO number, or callsign. |
| dataset | string | no | Vessel identity dataset. Default 'public-global-vessel-identity:latest'. |
| limit | number | no | Max results to return. Default 25. |
| since | string | no | Cursor-based pagination token returned as 'since' in a previous response. |
| filter_paths | string[] | no | Optional glob paths to reduce the response. |
schedule_gfw_events
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| dashboardId | string | no | Target dashboard/initiative ID. Omit to use the current dashboard. |
| vesselId | string | yes | Global Fishing Watch vessel ID. |
| dataset | string | no | Event dataset. Default 'public-global-fishing-events:latest'. |
| startDate | string | no | ISO date for the start of the date range, e.g. '2025-01-01'. |
| endDate | string | no | ISO date for the end of the date range, e.g. '2025-12-31'. |
| limit | number | no | Max events to return. Default 50. |
| offset | number | no | Pagination offset. Default 0. |
| filter_paths | string[] | no | Optional glob paths to reduce the response. |
| polling_frequency | string | yes | How often to poll GFW for new events. |
| connectorId | string | no | If provided, updates an existing connector. |
| description | string | no | Human-readable description shown in the connector UI. |