Catchwise

What Catchwise does

Catchwise leverages data, modern technology, and AI to help commercial fisheries become drastically more fuel-efficient at bringing sustainable food to the world. The platform combines catch logs with ocean intelligence (AIS, vessel activity, marine weather, seabed temperature, currents, animal plankton, upwellings, moon phase, tides) to provide actionable insights for skippers and fleet managers. It aims to revolutionize the fishing industry by enabling fishermen to catch more fish for less cost and effort, while reducing carbon emissions and contributing to more sustainable fishing practices.

Key capabilities

• Catch logs combined with ocean intelligence
• AIS & vessel activity data
• Marine weather data
• Seabed temperature data
• Seabed currents data
• Animal plankton data
• Upwellings data
• Moon phase data
• Tides data
• Realtime tracking and tracklines
• Historical tracklines to study fishing patterns
• Filter vessel activity by type, gear, and activity
• Rich profiles on every fishing vessel worldwide (type, gear, flag, history)
• Review hauls enriched with ocean data (temperature, currents, weather)
• Compare performance across areas and seasons
• Catch forecasts based on history and current ocean conditions
• Estimated seabed temperatures with high spatial resolution
• Daily updates from ocean models
• Surface currents, deep currents, and tidal flows
• Wind and gusts forecasts (hourly, up to 14 days)
• Zooplankton concentrations
• Sea surface altimetry to spot fronts and eddies
• Dashboards for fleet managers
• Vessel-to-office integration

Use cases

• Find ideal fishing conditions
• Avoid bycatch
• Smarter trip planning
• Decision support for pelagic fisheries
• Decision support for demersal fisheries
• Decision support for longline fisheries
• Decision support for gillnet fisheries
• Decision support for pot and trap fisheries
• Making faster, more confident decisions at sea for skippers
• Coordinating operations, data, and decisions across vessels for fleet managers
• Optimizing fuel efficiency
• Reducing carbon footprint
• Increasing catch efficiency
• Understanding what's happening on the water (global fishing fleet activity)
• Planning drift, timing, and gear placement
• Reducing uncertainty and improving margins for skippers and fleet managers
• Building the next generation of skilled crew by leveraging data

AI approach

Catchwise leverages data, modern technology, and AI to help commercial fisheries become more fuel-efficient and sustainable. The platform combines catch logs with ocean intelligence (AIS, vessel activity, marine weather, seabed temperature, currents, animal plankton, upwellings, moon phase, tides) to surface actionable insights. It uses AI to provide better decision-making foundations, save time, and contribute to more sustainable fishing. Catchwise learns from catch history and current ocean conditions to forecast catch rates.

Tech named: AI, deep data platform, cloud, machine learning

Industries served

• Commercial fisheries
• Pelagic fisheries
• Demersal fisheries
• Longline fisheries
• Gillnet fisheries
• Pot & trap fisheries

What it says sets it apart

• Combines catch logs with ocean intelligence unique to each vessel
• Integrates AIS across three networks
• Hour-by-hour high-resolution weather data
• Built for fishing, not generic shipping
• Focus on practical application and ease of use for skippers
• Adoption driven by captains, leading to fleet-level performance improvements
• Provides a shared view for both office and bridge operations
• Proven +6% catch efficiency improvement on average across customers
• Uses AI for better decision-making foundations
• First deep data platform for fisheries in the cloud
• Partnership approach, embedded in the fishing industry
• Privacy-first, secure, and transparent data handling; operational data belongs to the user

Funding rounds we track

From the AI funding tracker — rounds as reported by the linked publications.