Global monthly catches from tuna surface fisheries by 1° grid (1958-2021) (FIRMS level 0)

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Updated
2024.06.03 00:00
Created
2024.01.01
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Keywords
West African Spanish mackerel [MAW], Micronesia,Fed.States of [FSM], Fiji, Republic of [FJI], Russian Federation [RUS], UK (territories) [GBRT], Beach seines [02.1], Midwater pair trawls [03.22], Libya [LBY], Cook Islands [COK], Belize [BLZ], Oceanic whitetip shark [OCS], Porbeagle [POR], Oman [OMN], Ireland (EU) [EUIRL], Brazil [BRA], United States of America [USA], Peru [PER], Wahoo [WAH], Bigeye thresher [BTH], Southern bluefin tuna [SBF], South Africa [ZAF], Nicaragua [NIC], Free school [FS], Philippines [PHL], Trawls (nei) [03.9], Thailand [THA], Albania [ALB], Colombia [COL], Other set types combined [OTH], Congo, Republic of [COG], Pakistan [PAK], Thresher [ALV], Seychelles [SYC], Cyprus (EU) [EUCYP], ICCAT [ICCAT], Mozambique [MOZ], Blackfin tuna [BLF], Honduras [HND], Various sharks nei [SKH], Vanuatu [VUT], Longfin mako [LMA], Tuvalu [TUV], Egypt [EGY], Indonesia [IDN], Denmark (EU) [EUDNK], Morocco [MAR], Italy (EU) [EUITA], Hooks and lines (nei) [09.9], Madagascar [MDG], China [CHN], Shortbill spearfish [SSP], Côte d'Ivoire [CIV], Midwater trawls (nei) [03.29], Handlines and hand-operated pole-and-lines [09.1], Cero [CER], Sri Lanka [LKA], Maldives [MDV], Other nei [NEI], Falling gear (nei) [06.9], Saint Helena [SHN], Frigate and bullet tunas [FRZ], Netherlands (EU) [EUNLD], Retained catch [RC], Kawakawa [KAW], Dominica [DMA], Taiwan Province of China [TWN], Atlantic bonito [BON], Stationary uncovered pound nets [08.1], Little tunny(=Atl.black skipj) [LTA], Korea, Republic of [KOR], Cuba [CUB], Plain bonito [BOP], Argentina [ARG], Iceland [ISL], Drift gillnets [07.2], Senegal [SEN], Bullet tuna [BLT], Mako sharks [MAK], Gear not known [99.9], Requiem sharks nei [RSK], Malta (EU) [EUMLT], Dolphin [DEL], Number of fishes [no], Kiribati [KIR], Norway [NOR], France (EU) [EUFRA], Tunisia [TUN], Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel [COM], Atlantic sailfish [SAI], Turks and Caicos Is. [TCA], Bolivia (Plurinat.State) [BOL], Skipjack tuna [SKJ], Frigate tuna [FRI], Metric tons [t], Cabo Verde [CPV], Bermuda [BMU], Namibia [NAM], Black skipjack [BKJ], Trinidad and Tobago [TTO], Giant manta [RMB], Devil fish [RMM], Purse seines [01.1], New Zealand [NZL], Scalloped hammerhead [SPL], Solomon Islands [SLB], Serra Spanish mackerel [BRS], Panama [PAN], Mauritius [MUS], Yellowfin tuna [YFT], Albacore [ALB], Mantas, devil rays nei [MAN], Equatorial Guinea [GNQ], Falkland Is.(Malvinas) [FLK], Indo-Pacific king mackerel [GUT], Australia [AUS], Undefined school [UNK], Costa Rica [CRI], Seerfishes nei [KGX], Log school [LS], Canada [CAN], Bonitos nei [BZX], Gabon [GAB], India [IND], Pelagic thresher [PTH], El Salvador [SLV], Serbia and Montenegro [SCG], Seine nets nei [02.9], Yemen [YEM], Malaysia [MYS], British Virgin Islands [VGB], Suriname [SUR], Swordfish [SWO], Atlantic white marlin [WHM], Mediterranean spearfish [MSP], Mechanized lines and pole-and-lines [09.2], Atlantic Spanish mackerel [SSM], King mackerel [KGM], IATTC [IATTC], Slender tuna [SLT], Hammerhead sharks, etc. nei [SPY], Guatemala [GTM], Curaçao [CUW], Traps (nei) [08.9], Trolling lines [09.5], Marlins,sailfishes,etc. nei [BIL], Hammerhead sharks nei [SPN], Saint Kitts and Nevis [KNA], Thresher sharks nei [THR], Germany (EU) [EUDEU], Kenya [KEN], Cayman Islands [CYM], Longbill spearfish [SPF], Indo-Pacific sailfish [SFA], Syrian Arab Republic [SYR], IOTC [IOTC], Viet Nam [VNM], Bulgaria (EU) [EUBGR], Harpoons [10.1], Vertical lines [09.4], Surrounding nets without purse lines [01.2], Striped marlin [MLS], Tonga [TON], Ecuador [ECU], Great hammerhead [SPK], Barbados [BRB], Longtail tuna [LOT], Portugal (EU) [EUPRT], Algeria [DZA], Gear nei [10.9], Tunas nei [TUN], Blue shark [BSH], Papua New Guinea [PNG], Pacific bluefin tuna [PBF], Venezuela, Boliv Rep of [VEN], Samoa [WSM], WCFPC [WCPFC], Chilean devil ray [RMT], Croatia (EU) [EUHRV], Silky shark [FAL], Black marlin [BLM], Faroe Islands [FRO], Ghana [GHA], Blue marlin [BUM], St. Pierre and Miquelon [SPM], CCSBT [CCSBT], Spain (EU) [EUESP], Longlines (nei) [09.39], Grenada [GRD], Turkey [TUR], Saint Vincent/Grenadines [VCT], Tanzania, United Rep. of [TZA], Trammel nets [07.5], Drifting longlines [09.32], Bigeye tuna [BET], Japan [JPN], Palau [PLW], United Kingdom [GBR], Guinea [GIN], Gillnets and entangling nets (nei) [07.9], Shortfin mako [SMA], Atlantic bluefin tuna [BFT], Smooth hammerhead [SPZ], Angola [AGO], Marlins nei [BXQ], Mexico [MEX], True tunas nei [TUS], Discarded catch [D], Iran (Islamic Rep. of) [IRN], Uruguay [URY], Lift nets (nei) [05.9], Comoros [COM], Fixed (on stakes) gillnets [07.4], Marshall Islands [MHL], Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. [SUN], Rays, stingrays, mantas nei [SRX], Bottom pair trawls [03.15], Benin [BEN], Niue [NIU], Sierra Leone [SLE], Greece (EU) [EUGRC], Set longlines [09.31]
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Dataset description

We compiled a comprehensive dataset of geo-referenced catches from global tuna fisheries that use fishing gears set at the water's surface. This dataset was created by harmonizing public domain data from the five tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (t-RFMOs) for the period 1958-2021. 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 surface 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, 1° grid area of longitude and latitude, and taxon. The dataset encompasses 42 medium- and large-sized pelagic species found in both neritic and oceanic habitats of the world's oceans. This includes 14 species of tunas, 9 species of billfish, 4 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 12 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 using surrounding nets, gillnets, entangling nets, and pole-and-lines from over 70 fishing fleets across 69 countries that have exploited tuna and tuna-like species for subsistence and commercial purposes over more than six decades.
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