Authors: TY Hsu, Y Chang,  SC Hsiao
Institute of Ocean Technology and Marine Affairs, National Cheng Kung University
Corresponding author: Y Chang
Contact Information:
yichang@mail.nsysu.edu.tw

Graduate Institute of Marine Affairs, National Sun Yat-sen University
No. 70, Lienhai Rd., Kaohsiung City 80424
Taiwan

***General Introduction***
The data in this data set was collected in the Institute of Ocean Technology and Marine Affairs, 
National Cheng Kung University, in September 2021.


***Description of the data in this data set***
Column headings
date, YY, MM, DD, cell_ll_lat, cell_ll_lon, flag, geartype, hours, fishing_hours, mmsi_present
date: in format YYYY/MM/DD
YY: year
MM: month
DD: day
cell_ll_lat: in 100ths of a degree, latitude
cell_ll_lon: in 100ths of a degree, longitude
flag: the flag state
geartype: fishery gear type
hours: total hours that vessels were present in this gridcell on this date
fishing_hours: total hours that vessels were fishing in this gridcell on this date
mmsi_present: number of mmsi of this flag state and geartype that visited this gridcell on this day
For further details, please referred to the website: https://globalfishingwatch.org/