Fishing zones & oil spill monitoring in North Africa

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 04 October 2014 at 15:48:24 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 21 December 2016 at 09:45:55 UTC
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Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 17 February 2020 at 15:48:16 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI WFR acquired on 15 November 2021 at 10:43:24 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Pollution, biodiversity, fishing, oil and gas, oil spills, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania
Fig. 1 - 1 of the 12 consortia financed by GMES & Africa is dedicated to the detection of oil spills and potential fishing zones in North Africa.
Fig. 2 - S3 OLCI (21.12.2016) - A 50 kilometres long oil spill (red corridor) caused by a ship (yellow circle) in Gibraltar strait.
Fig. 3 - S3 OLCI (06-07.01.2019 & 18.01.2021-12.11.2021) - The upwelling along the Atlantic coast of Mauritania and Morocco makes its waters very productive.
Fig. 4 - S1 (04.10.2014-17.02.2020) - Minimum of 9 dates showing numerous oil spills just outside Suez canal & near oil fields 20 km north.
Fig. 5 - S3 OLCI (21.12.2016) - A phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of Gabès, on the eastern coast of Tunisia.