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Global marine commercial, small-scale, illegal and unreported fisheries catch 1950–2014

Global fisheries catch rates from a range of public sources harmonised and mapped based on the description of the reported taxa and the fishing fleets involved.

Figure 3 from Watson et al., 2017

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Published:

Published

Availability:

Public

Gridded:

Yes

Time range:

1950–2015

Spatial depth:

Depth integrated

Spatial resolution:

0.5° x 0.5°

Temporal climatology:

Data types:

Derived

Data temporal period:

Historical

Data temporal resolution:

Annual

Spatial coverage:

Global

Variables:

catch rate

discard catch rate

illegal, unregulated, and unreported catch rate

References:

Watson, R. A. (2017). A database of global marine commercial, small-scale, illegal and unreported fisheries catch 1950–2014. Scientific Data, 4, 170039

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Global marine commercial, small-scale, illegal and unreported fisheries catch 1950–2014

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