Kirsty A. Pinnell

Jan 7, 2024 | nature.com | Yannick Rousseau |Julia L. Blanchard |Camilla Novaglio |Derek P. Tittensor |Reg Watson |Kirsty A. Pinnell

AbstractA new database on historical country-level fishing fleet capacity and effort is described, derived from a range of publicly available sources that were harmonized, converted to fishing effort, and mapped to 30-min spatial cells. The resulting data is comparable with widely used but more temporally-limited satellite-sourced Automatic Identification System (AIS) datasets for large vessels, while also documenting important smaller fleets and artisanal segments.