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This study leverages Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band monthly composite imagery to identify and classify recurring spatial patterns of fishing activity in the Korean Exclusive Economic Zone from 2014 to 2024. While prior research has primarily produced static hotspot maps, our approach advances geospatial fishing activity identification by employing machine learning techniques to group similar spatiotemporal configurations, thereby capturing recurring fishing patterns and their temporal variability. A convolutional autoencoder and a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) were used to cluster the VIIRS imagery. Results revealed seven major nighttime light hotspots. Results also identified four cluster patterns: Cluster 0 dominated in December, January, and February, Cluster 1 in March, April, and May, Cluster 2 in July, August, and September, and Cluster 3 in October and November. Interannual variability was also identified. 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