Illegal fishing within the territorial waters of Benin

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 18 January 2021 at 10:12:49 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 18 January 2021 at 18:10:03 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 25 January 2021 at 18:01:54 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Fishing, natural ressource, water colour, shipping routes, biodiversity, Benin, Togo, Nigeria
Fig. 1 - S1 (18 & 25.01.2021) - Most ships visible here are tankers or container ships located next to the major port of Benin, Togo & Nigeria.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (18.01.2021) - Focus on the area next to the port of Lome, the capital of Togo.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (18.01.2021) - Scale comparison of smaller and bigger ships far outside the trade routes but within the territorial waters.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (18.01.2021) - The yellow rectangles located small ships visible with Sentinel-2, orange with Sentinel-1 eight hours later, probably local fishermen.
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Fig. 5 - S2 (18.01.2021) - This much larger vessel outside fishing routes seems to be dragging a trawl within the territorial waters of Benin.
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Fig. 6 - S1 (18.01.2021) - Close to 200 m long, it is still visible on this radar image with its a tall metallic structure, it is likely a foreign trawler fishing illegally.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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