ArticleScience advances2018
Global hot spots of transshipment of fish catch at sea.
Article in Science advances, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Who owns reefer vessels? Uncovering the ecosystem of transshipment in fisheries.Science advances · 2024Article
- Fishing through the cracks: The unregulated nature of global squid fisheries.Science advances · 2023Article
- Revealing global risks of labor abuse and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Fish grabbing: Weak governance and productive waters are targets for distant water fishing.PloS one · 2022Article
- The global network of ports supporting high seas fishing.Science advances · 2021Article
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Abstract
A major challenge in global fisheries is posed by transshipment of catch at sea from fishing vessels to refrigerated cargo vessels, which can obscure the origin of the catch and mask illicit practices. Transshipment remains poorly quantified at a global scale, as much of it is thought to occur outside of national waters. We used Automatic Identification System (AIS) vessel tracking data to quantify spatial patterns of transshipment for major fisheries and gear types. From 2012 to 2017, we observed 10,510 likely transshipment events, with trawlers (53%) and longliners (21%) involved in a majority of cases. Trawlers tended to transship in national waters, whereas longliners did so predominantly on the high seas. Spatial hot spots were seen off the coasts of Russia and West Africa, in the South Indian Ocean, and in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Our study highlights novel ways to trace seafood supply chains and identifies priority areas for improved trade regulation and fisheries management at the global scale.
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