A dataset of Raw thermal, visible and night vision images for illegal fishers in the Kuwaiti Bay

The Illegal Unreported and Unregulated fishing IUU in Kuwait is one of the main causes for the fishery decline in Kuwait as the cases between 2000 to 2017 were 9755 with an average of 573.8 per year [1]. This study was conducted in Kuwait in December 2019 inside the Kuwaiti Bay aiming to detect the existence of illegal fishers as fishing within the Kuwaiti Bay is restricted. We have used DJI Marvic Pro drone with thermal camera, trying to detect the fishing activities of the ships, fishing gears inside water and the type of ships. Total of 42 images were taken (thermal, night vision and ordinary) from 10 wooden dhows in the area. All of the wooden dhows were fishing with trolling nets inside the Kuwaiti Bay and the images were taken while they were trolling.科威特境内的非法、未报告和无管制捕捞（Illegal Unreported and Unregulated fishing，IUU）是该国渔业衰退的主要诱因之一，2000年至2017年间相关案件共计9755起，年均573.8起[1]。本研究于2019年12月在科威特湾境内开展，鉴于该海域内的捕捞活动受到管制，研究旨在侦测非法捕捞行为的存在。本次研究使用搭载热成像相机的大疆御Pro（DJI Mavic Pro）无人机，对船舶捕捞活动、水下渔具及船舶类型进行侦测。研究共从该区域的10艘木质独桅渔船处采集了42张图像，涵盖热成像、夜视及普通可见光图像。所有木质独桅渔船均在科威特湾内使用曳钓网开展捕捞作业，图像采集于其曳钓作业过程中。