Mexican Fisheries Data

The mex-fisheries project provides an interoperable set of open datasets on Mexican fisheries: ports and landing sites, vessel monitoring (VMS), the vessel registry, and high-resolution landings. Together they support analysis of where fishing happens, who fishes, and what is landed.

Datasets

mex_vms

Vessel tracking data from Mexico’s Vessel Monitoring System (SISMEP): identity, location, and timestamps for vessels that meet the reporting rules. Available as cleaned monthly files and on BigQuery with optional spatial and segmentation fields.

Records: 106,131,978 · Variables: 24

mex_vessel_registry

A registry of Mexican fishing vessels built from official sources. Provides vessel identifiers and metadata for joining with VMS and landings data.

Records: 66,074 · Variables: 41

mex_landings

High-resolution landings for Mexican industrial and small-scale fisheries (~2000–2025), from CONAPESCA. Cleaned and standardized by economic unit, vessel, and landing site, with species groups, weight, and value.

Records: 9,405,226 · Variables: 36

mex_ports

A geospatial dataset of major Mexican ports, including coordinates and links to CONAPESCA landing sites. Useful for mapping landings and connecting port-level data across the ecosystem.

Records: 151 · Variables: 7

In the pipeline

mex_landing_sites

Landing sites dataset (in development).

mex_fishing_grounds

Vessel-level fishing grounds (in development).

mex_TURFs

Territorial use rights for fishing (TURFs) dataset (in development).