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MY OCEAN STORY · VESSEL ACTIVITY: CAREER TRACK
LIVE · 2009–2026
Candidate Overview
▸ Candidate Overview
Ricardo Perez-Solero
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER · INNOVATION
12+ Years of experience
6 years as SEA correspondent
1K+ GFW stories
to tell
When GFW began tracking the ocean, I was reporting on it. Hover over the points to explore the overlap and open the portfolio links in the blue and red dots.
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Ocean governance coverage
Law and migration coverage
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AIS vessel presence · 24h
GFW uses AIS — a maritime safety broadcast system — to track commercial vessels via satellite and identify apparent fishing activity from speed and direction changes. AIS gaps sometimes expose illegal or unreported fishing operations.
Vessel encounters · 7d
GFW flags an encounter when two vessels meet within 500m for 2+ hours at low speed, away from port. These events may indicate transshipment, crew changes, or catch laundering — activities hard to verify but critical for accountability. Southeast Asia is one of the most active regions in this regard, and my reporting there directly covers some of these governance blind spots.
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