Global Fisheries Landings V1.0 [ARCHIVED VERSION]

• Other Authors: IMAS Data Manager (pointOfContact), Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) (hasAssociationWith), Watson, Reginald (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Watson, Reginald (author)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; Landings; Global; Fishing; Discards; Illegal Fishing; Pelagic; Shark; Tuna; Crustacean; Mollusc; Cephalopod; Fish; EARTH SCIENCE | AGRICULTURE | AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES | FISHERIES; EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | ECOSYSTEMS | MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; Fisheries Management; AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES; FISHERIES SCIENCES; Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology); BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; ECOLOGY; Aquatic Ecosystem Studies and Stock Assessment; Year (Calendar); Spatial Cell Code; Latitude of centre of spatial cell; Longitude of centre of spatial cell; Area (estimated) of ocean surface in the spatial cell; Country Code; Country; Taxon Code; Scientific Taxonomic Name; Common (English) Name; Fishing Gear Code; Gear name in most specific form; Reported large-scale fishing catch rate; Small scale fisheries catch rate; Rate of Illegal Catch; Rate of associated discards at sea; Biotic taxonomic identification; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/global-fisheries-landings-archived-version/685412; https://doi.org/10.4226/77/57df1a92a070a

Maintenance and Update Frequency: notPlanned Statement: Annual data on fisheries landings (referred to here as 'reported' landings) was sourced from public sources (FAO/UN (and their regional agencies), CCAMLR, ICES and NAFO), which were coded and mapped to 30-spatial cells. Some adjustment was made when the identity or locations provided were not possible. There was an attempt to provide the fullest taxonomic breakdown of what were sometimes highly aggregated reporting groups using records of countries providing better breakdowns in the same fished waters. Then, using information on the range and distribution of commercial species, the known and allowable fishing access patterns of country fleets, and the collection of 30-min spatial cells in the original data provided, each record was mapped to the most likely collection of 30-min spatial cells and prorated by the fished taxon's abundance or other spatial information such as the spatial fishing records of fleets (such as for tuna). Based on known fishing gear associations with the capture of species by country and year, the data were prorated to the type of fishing gear likely used. Precision varies as some data such as that provided by ICES for waters of the northeast Atlantic is reported by relatively small statistical reporting areas and is intensely reviewed as source. Some data from FAO (UN) is provided in very large reporting areas covering large areas of the Pacific therefore the spatial precision is dependent on the accuracy of accepted ranges of the fishing taxa and what is known about the spatial access of the reporting country's fleets to the inshore areas which lie within the 'exclusive economic zone' claims of coastal nations. From the mapped global 'reported' landings it was possible to estimate the associated catch rates of 'IUU" - or the missing illegal, unreported and unregulated landings using published rates [1]. Similarly the catch rate of discarded fauna (not usually the same animals as commercially sought) were also estimated from ...