1. Mapping global fisheries: sharpening our focus.
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Watson, Reg, Kitchingman, Adrian, Gelchu, Ahmed, and Pauly, Daniel
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FISHERIES ,MARINE ecology ,FISHERIES & the environment ,FISHERY management ,AQUATIC resources ,AQUACULTURE - Abstract
Mapping global landings is an important prerequisite for examining causal relationships between fishing and ecological change. Landing statistics, typically provided with poor spatial precision, can be disaggregated into a grid system of spatial cells (30 min ×30 min) using a rule-based approach and ancillary data about distributions of fished taxa and fishing access of reporting countries. Presentation of time series catch composition is then possible for many types of marine areas including biogeochemical provinces, large marine ecosystems and exclusive economic zones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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