86caa156-45da-4ecf-9a8f-7b216148b04c urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2026-03-05T09:33:51 creation ISO 19115 2016 Global Fishing Effort 86caa156-45da-4ecf-9a8f-7b216148b04c 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. {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-169.4117431640625, -82.77775882425183], [193.318359375, -82.77775882425183], [193.318359375, 84.78406887226978], [-169.4117431640625, 84.78406887226978], [-169.4117431640625, -82.77775882425183]]]} -169.4117431640625 193.318359375 -82.77775882425183 84.78406887226978 DATA ACCESS - browse all available download packages [CSV] documentDigital HTML README - description of data file structure documentDigital TXT ANNEX 1 - Reference sources [PDF] documentDigital PDF S1 - Data sources by country [.xlsx] documentDigital XLSX ORCID ID documentDigital HTML ORCID ID documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital License Graphic PNG Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML