Global Fishing Watch
liveTransportGlobal Fishing Watch — AIS-derived fishing vessel identity, at-sea events (apparent fishing, vessel-to-vessel encounters, loitering, port visits, AIS gaps) and aggregated apparent fishing effort by flag, gear type and area.
Tools
gfwfish_vessels_searchSearch the Global Fishing Watch vessel identity database by name, MMSI, IMO or call sign. Returns each matching vessel with its GFW vessel id (pass it to gfwfish_events), flag state, gear type, regist
No parameters required.
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gfwfish_eventsGlobal Fishing Watch vessel events over a date range — apparent fishing, encounters between vessels at sea, loitering, port visits and AIS gaps (transmission switched off). Each event carries its posi
No parameters required.
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gfwfish_4wings_reportAggregate apparent fishing effort (hours) from Global Fishing Watch over a bounding box and date range, grouped by flag state, gear type or vessel. This is the AIS-derived fishing-pressure layer behin
No parameters required.
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Test with curl
The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/global-fishing-watch/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/global-fishing-watch/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"gfwfish_vessels_search","arguments":{}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("gfwfish_vessels_search", {});// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("global fishing watch — ais-derived fishing vessel identity, at-sea events (apparent fishing, vessel-to-vessel encounters, loitering, port visits, ais gaps) and aggregated apparent fishing effort by flag, gear type and area");