Global Fisheries Landings with Spatial Mapping and Gear Types

Global fisheries landings data are mapped to 30-minute spatial cells based on reported taxon ranges and fleet access. The dataset includes estimates of illegal, unreported, and unallocated catches, as well as discarded product weight, and is associated with fishing gear types. This archived version is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on 2026-07-16.

Use Cases

• Assessing the spatial footprint of fishing activities based on reported taxon ranges and fleet access.
• Investigating the impact of different fishing gear types on marine ecosystems.
• Estimating the scale of illegal, unreported, and unallocated fisheries landings.
• Modeling the vulnerability of fisheries and associated food security to climate change impacts.

Strengths

• Data is mapped to a 30-minute spatial grid, providing geographic context.
• Includes estimates for illegal, unreported, and unallocated landings, as well as discards.
• Associates landings data with specific types of fishing gear.

Limitations

• This is an archived version noted as potentially incomplete; a current version exists elsewhere.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Aggregated from multiple agencies including FAO/UN, CCAMLR, NAFO, and ICES.

Collection Method

Landings data are mapped to spatial cells based on taxon range, fleet access, and original reporting area.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 03:18:51.994623; freshness should be verified as this is an archived version.

Geography

Global