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.

在科威特，非法、未报告和无管制的捕鱼（IUU）是导致其渔业衰退的主要原因之一。2000年至2017年间，科威特共发生9755起此类事件，平均每年发生573.8起[1]。本研究于2019年12月在科威特湾内进行，旨在探测非法渔民的踪迹，因为在该区域内捕鱼是受到限制的。本研究采用了DJI Marvic Pro携带热成像相机的无人机，试图检测船只的捕鱼活动、水下渔具以及船只类型。共拍摄了42张图像（包括热成像、夜视和普通图像），对象是10艘位于该区域的木质帆船。所有木质帆船均在科威特湾内使用拖网进行捕鱼，图像是在它们进行拖网作业时拍摄的。