FiSMaDiM Fisheries Sensitivity Index 2: Average for 2012 to 2021

Fisheries Sensitivity Index 2 data product measures the economic importance of fishing locations across eight gear groups. It incorporates aspects of catch irreplaceability, economic dependency, and potential impact from lost access. The Marine Environmental Data & Information Network produced this average covering the decade from 2012 to 2021.

Use Cases

• Modeling economic displacement of fishing fleets based on weighted sensitivity indices for eight gear groups.
• Assessing the irreplaceability of specific fishing grounds based on the economic dependency of local fleets.
• Evaluating potential economic impacts of marine spatial planning decisions, such as establishing marine protected areas.
• Analyzing temporal variability in the economic importance of fishing locations over a multi-year period.

Strengths

• Covers a ten-year period from 2012 to 2021, providing a stable long-term average.
• Separately generated indices for eight distinct fishing gear groups, allowing for gear-specific analysis.
• Incorporates multiple economic dimensions: catch irreplaceability, dependency, and impact.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Freshness should be verified; the last metadata update is dated 2026-06-11.

Provenance

Source

Marine Environmental Data & Information Network

Collection Method

Modelling and mapping as part of the Fisheries Sensitivity Mapping and Displacement Modelling (FiSMaDiM) project.

Time Range

Average for 2012 to 2021

Freshness

Last metadata update 2026-06-11; data represents a 2012-2021 average.