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Global Fishing Effort

Created 05/03/2026

Updated 05/03/2026

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The data describes number of vessels, engine power, gross tonnage and fishing effort by year (1950-2017), targeted functional group, and fishing gear. Fishing effort estimates were derived from country-level fishing fleet capacity data publicly available, following the method described in Rousseau et al (2019; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820344116) and methods improvement reported in Rousseau et al. (in prep). The data coverage is global, but estimates are given at the Exclusive Economic Zone-, Large Marine Ecosystem-, and Food Agriculture Organisation-level. The data was collected for a wide range of uses, including to inform global and regional marine ecosystem models and to understand the long-term evolution of fishing and its socio-ecological implications in the global ocean.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Global Fishing Effort
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/86caa156-45da-4ecf-9a8f-7b216148b04c
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
Julia.Blanchard@utas.edu.au
Reference Period 01/01/2016 - 01/01/2022
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Global Fishing Effort". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/global-fishing-effort1