Global monthly catches from tuna fisheries by 5° grid (1950-2021) (FIRMS level 0)

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Updated
2024.06.03 00:00
Created
2024.06.01
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Keywords
True tunas nei [TUS], Brazil [BRA], Bulgaria (EU) [EUBGR], Croatia (EU) [EUHRV], ICCAT [ICCAT], South Africa [ZAF], Gear nei [10.9], Indonesia [IDN], Chilean devil ray [RMT], Serbia and Montenegro [SCG], Tonga [TON], Shortfin mako [SMA], Southern bluefin tuna [SBF], Swordfish [SWO], Plain bonito [BOP], Wahoo [WAH], Libya [LBY], Senegal [SEN], Gear not known [99.9], Longlines (nei) [09.39], Thresher sharks nei [THR], China [CHN], Smooth hammerhead [SPZ], Blue marlin [BUM], Frigate and bullet tunas [FRZ], Honduras [HND], Dolphin [DEL], Iceland [ISL], India [IND], Trolling lines [09.5], Yellowfin tuna [YFT], Stationary uncovered pound nets [08.1], Nicaragua [NIC], Namibia [NAM], Bottom pair trawls [03.15], Samoa [WSM], Mako sharks [MAK], Niue [NIU], Oman [OMN], Undefined school [UNK], Bullet tuna [BLT], Ghana [GHA], Equatorial Guinea [GNQ], Cero [CER], France (EU) [EUFRA], Maldives [MDV], Canada [CAN], Fiji, Republic of [FJI], Malaysia [MYS], Saint Kitts and Nevis [KNA], Venezuela, Boliv Rep of [VEN], Vertical lines [09.4], New Zealand [NZL], Japan [JPN], Russian Federation [RUS], Devil fish [RMM], Silky shark [FAL], Marlins,sailfishes,etc. nei [BIL], Black skipjack [BKJ], Micronesia,Fed.States of [FSM], Discarded catch [D], Saint Vincent/Grenadines [VCT], Other nei [NEI], Bonitos nei [BZX], Bermuda [BMU], Atlantic bluefin tuna [BFT], Purse seines [01.1], Gabon [GAB], West African Spanish mackerel [MAW], British Virgin Islands [VGB], Giant manta [RMB], Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel [COM], Mechanized lines and pole-and-lines [09.2], Kawakawa [KAW], Atlantic bonito [BON], Peru [PER], Bigeye tuna [BET], Pakistan [PAK], Spain (EU) [EUESP], Ireland (EU) [EUIRL], Skipjack tuna [SKJ], Pacific bluefin tuna [PBF], Syrian Arab Republic [SYR], Cook Islands [COK], Taiwan Province of China [TWN], El Salvador [SLV], Traps (nei) [08.9], Saint Helena [SHN], Various sharks nei [SKH], Madagascar [MDG], Uruguay [URY], Fixed (on stakes) gillnets [07.4], Serra Spanish mackerel [BRS], Blue shark [BSH], Atlantic white marlin [WHM], Mediterranean spearfish [MSP], Hammerhead sharks nei [SPN], Trawls (nei) [03.9], Striped marlin [MLS], Angola [AGO], Australia [AUS], Costa Rica [CRI], Panama [PAN], Mozambique [MOZ], Log school [LS], Indo-Pacific king mackerel [GUT], Colombia [COL], UK (territories) [GBRT], Drifting longlines [09.32], Belize [BLZ], Philippines [PHL], Egypt [EGY], Marshall Islands [MHL], Seychelles [SYC], Viet Nam [VNM], Argentina [ARG], Malta (EU) [EUMLT], Longbill spearfish [SPF], Mexico [MEX], IOTC [IOTC], Number of fishes [no], Little tunny(=Atl.black skipj) [LTA], Drift gillnets [07.2], Lift nets (nei) [05.9], Hooks and lines (nei) [09.9], Seine nets nei [02.9], Dominica [DMA], Benin [BEN], Mauritius [MUS], Morocco [MAR], Comoros [COM], IATTC [IATTC], Algeria [DZA], Cuba [CUB], Sierra Leone [SLE], Pelagic thresher [PTH], Oceanic whitetip shark [OCS], Indo-Pacific sailfish [SFA], CCSBT [CCSBT], St. Pierre and Miquelon [SPM], Thailand [THA], Falling gear (nei) [06.9], Scalloped hammerhead [SPL], Rays, stingrays, mantas nei [SRX], Marlins nei [BXQ], Palau [PLW], Seerfishes nei [KGX], WCFPC [WCPFC], Requiem sharks nei [RSK], Atlantic Spanish mackerel [SSM], Yemen [YEM], Tunas nei [TUN], Retained catch [RC], Black marlin [BLM], Guinea [GIN], Congo, Republic of [COG], Bigeye thresher [BTH], Norway [NOR], Metric tons [t], Other set types combined [OTH], King mackerel [KGM], Longfin mako [LMA], Kenya [KEN], Côte d'Ivoire [CIV], Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. [SUN], Albania [ALB], Set longlines [09.31], Netherlands (EU) [EUNLD], Portugal (EU) [EUPRT], Gillnets and entangling nets (nei) [07.9], Korea, Republic of [KOR], Blackfin tuna [BLF], Surrounding nets without purse lines [01.2], Beach seines [02.1], Thresher [ALV], Sri Lanka [LKA], Frigate tuna [FRI], Cabo Verde [CPV], Shortbill spearfish [SSP], Slender tuna [SLT], Barbados [BRB], Tanzania, United Rep. of [TZA], Cayman Islands [CYM], Solomon Islands [SLB], Tuvalu [TUV], Iran (Islamic Rep. of) [IRN], Hammerhead sharks, etc. nei [SPY], Italy (EU) [EUITA], Faroe Islands [FRO], Papua New Guinea [PNG], Midwater pair trawls [03.22], Falkland Is.(Malvinas) [FLK], Vanuatu [VUT], Cyprus (EU) [EUCYP], Longtail tuna [LOT], Trinidad and Tobago [TTO], Mantas, devil rays nei [MAN], Trammel nets [07.5], Bolivia (Plurinat.State) [BOL], Free school [FS], Great hammerhead [SPK], Turkey [TUR], Albacore [ALB], Porbeagle [POR], Turks and Caicos Is. [TCA], Tunisia [TUN], Suriname [SUR], Ecuador [ECU], United Kingdom [GBR], Greece (EU) [EUGRC], Guatemala [GTM], Midwater trawls (nei) [03.29], United States of America [USA], Handlines and hand-operated pole-and-lines [09.1], Grenada [GRD], Kiribati [KIR], Denmark (EU) [EUDNK], Harpoons [10.1], Atlantic sailfish [SAI], Curaçao [CUW], Germany (EU) [EUDEU]
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Dataset description

We compiled a comprehensive dataset of geo-referenced catches from global tuna fisheries available on a spatial resolution of 5° grid areas. This dataset was created by harmonizing public domain data from the five tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (t-RFMOs) for the period 1950-2021. Under the auspices of the Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System (FIRMS) of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), we developed a systematic data flow process in collaboration with the t-RFMO Secretariats. This process involved the implementation of a data exchange format adhering to the standards of the FAO Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP), facilitating the seamless integration of data into the dataset.Geo-referenced catch data from tuna fisheries are reported in either the number of fish or live-weight equivalent (metric tonnes), with some strata providing catches in both units. The catches primarily represent the quantities of retained fish either landed or transhipped at sea and in ports. The data are stratified by year, month, fishing fleet, fishing gear, fishing mode, 5° grid area of longitude and latitude, and taxon.The dataset encompasses 49 medium- and large-sized pelagic species found in both neritic and oceanic habitats of the world's oceans. This includes 15 species of tunas, 10 species of billfish, 7 species of Spanish mackerels, 2 species of bonitos, and wahoo. Despite uncertainties and incomplete data due to under-reporting, the dataset also includes reported catches for 14 species of pelagic sharks and rays that may be either targeted or incidentally caught in tuna and tuna-like fisheries.The dataset serves as a benchmark for the monitoring and assessment of both artisanal and industrial fisheries from over 115 fishing fleets across 114 countries that have exploited tuna and tuna-like species for subsistence and commercial purposes over more than seven decades.
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