Global Fisheries Landings V3.0 with Spatial Mapping and Gear Types

Global Fisheries Landings V3.0 is an archived dataset mapping reported global catch data to 30-minute spatial cells. The data, supplied by agencies like FAO/UN and CCAMLR, separates industrial and non-industrial fishing, includes gear types, and incorporates estimates for illegal, unreported, and discarded catch. Mapping is based on species range, fleet access, and original reporting areas, with some records refined using satellite AIS data.

Use Cases

• Assessing the spatial footprint of fishing activities based on the 30-minute cell mapping.
• Analyzing the composition of industrial versus non-industrial fishing sectors.
• Estimating the scale of illegal, unreported, and discarded catch.
• Modeling the vulnerability of fisheries and associated food security to climate change impacts.
• Studying the distribution of different fishing gear types globally.

Strengths

• Data integrates reports from multiple authoritative agencies including FAO/UN, CCAMLR, NAFO, and ICES.
• Includes estimates for components often missing from official statistics, such as illegal and discarded catch.
• Spatial mapping to 30-minute cells allows for geographic analysis of fishing pressure.

Limitations

• This is an archived version; a newer version has been available since January 16, 2019.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Landings data mapped to spatial cells based on species range, fleet access, and reporting areas, with some records refined using satellite AIS.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 22:18:30.205901; freshness should be verified as this is an archived version.

Geography

Global