The importance of fishing to Iceland

Where is the fish you eat caught or produced? If you're in the EU, it was probably from near Iceland.

Dawn Wright shared some new data that has been added to ESRI mapping. 

The data comes from Global Fishing Watch.

As the ESRI blog page says:

Fish serves as the major source of protein for over 3 billion people worldwide, requiring a global, industrial fishing effort that spans the farthest reaches of our oceans – while applying unrelenting pressure on global fish stocks, sovereign waters, and sensitive ecosystems. For the first time, we can now illuminate these vessels and put their activity on the map, answering the question, “Do you know where your fish comes from?”

Check out the StoryMap here.


One of the key locations for fish eaten in the EU is Iceland. The data make this very obvious.


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