Variable: Fish caught by trawling

QoG Code: (epi_fct)


Dataset: Environmental Performance Index Data 2022

Description:

Fish caught by trawling measures the percentage of a country's fish caught by bottom or pelagic trawling, where a fishing net is pulled through the water behind a boat. This practice is indiscriminate and wasteful and can severely damage marine ecosystems. The variable is log-transformed according to the formula ln(x+α), where α = 8.40E-08.

Original source: Sea Around Us.

When using this variable, please cite both EPI and the original source.

Type of variable: Continuous


Last updated by source: 2022-06-06


Categories:

Environment


Find this variable in:

Environmental Indicators - 2021 Original Dataset

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This variable has information from the year 1995 to the year 2020