Global fisheries landings data aggregated from multiple agencies including FAO/UN, CCAMLR, NAFO, and ICES. The dataset maps reported catches to 30-minute spatial cells, separates industrial and non-industrial fishing, and includes estimates of illegal, unreported, and discarded catch. It is supplied by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on 2026-07-09.
Use Cases
- Modeling the spatial footprint of fishing activities based on reported catch mapped to 30-minute cells.
- Assessing the impact of different fishing gear types on marine ecosystems based on gear association data.
- Estimating the scale of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing for policy and enforcement analysis.
- Investigating the vulnerability of fisheries and associated food security to climate change impacts.
Strengths
- Integrates data from multiple authoritative international agencies including FAO/UN, CCAMLR, NAFO, and ICES.
- Provides spatial mapping of catch data to 30-minute cells, enhancing geographic analysis.
- Includes estimates for components often missing from official statistics, such as illegal, unreported, and discarded catch.
- Separates data into industrial and non-industrial fishing categories and associates records with fishing gear types.
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 as the last update timestamp is 2026-07-09 23:00:47.817909.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network, aggregating data from agencies including FAO/UN, CCAMLR, NAFO, ICES.
- Collection Method
- Reported landings are mapped to 30-min spatial cells based on taxon range, fleet access, and original reporting area; incorporates AIS data and tuna management organization data for precision.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-09 23:00:47.817909.
- Geography
- Global