Global Fisheries Responses to Culture, Policy and COVID-19 from 2017 to 2020
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Data
2.2. Monthly Chain Growth
3. Results
3.1. Global Fishing Effort
3.2. Impact of Policy and Culture on Fishing Effort 2017–2019
3.3. The Influence of COVID-19 Restrictions on Fishing Effort
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Year | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|
0.1° grid percentage | 23.91% | 26.29% | 26.81% | 27.49% |
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Trawlers | 121,697 | 128,107 | 128,940 | 124,525 |
Longlines | 771,091 | 869,463 | 893,790 | 906,221 |
Pure seines | 73,623 | 66,103 | 66,214 | 74,022 |
Gillnets | 6216 | 6832 | 7261 | 7068 |
Other | 75,831 | 76,477 | 72,121 | 120,823 |
Month | Trawlers | Longlines | Purse Seines | Gillnets | Other | |
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2017 | China (February) | 27.01% | 45.44% | 1.86% | 6.85% | 18.84% |
China (May–September) | 9.78% | 70.69% | 2.13% | 3.34% | 14.07% | |
Other countries (December) | 53.48% | 31.29% | 2.47% | 3.55% | 9.21% | |
2018 | China (February) | 25.44% | 52.38% | 0.99% | 5.67% | 15.51% |
China (May–September) | 10.89% | 71.01% | 1.77% | 4.47% | 11.87% | |
Other countries (December) | 50.27% | 32.54% | 2.89% | 3.74% | 10.55% | |
2019 | China (February) | 23.45% | 54.07% | 0.99% | 5.59% | 15.9% |
China (May–September) | 11.75% | 67.26% | 1.54% | 5.03% | 14.41% | |
Other countries (December) | 51.90% | 31.9% | 2.60% | 3.84% | 9.76% | |
2020 | China (February) | 19.95% | 60.53% | 1.02% | 3.75% | 14.75% |
China (May–September) | 29.21% | 41.07% | 1.36% | 6.62% | 21.72% | |
Other countries (December) | 53.09% | 29.32% | 2.81% | 3.5% | 11.29% |
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He, B.; Yan, F.; Yu, H.; Su, F.; Lyne, V.; Cui, Y.; Kang, L.; Wu, W. Global Fisheries Responses to Culture, Policy and COVID-19 from 2017 to 2020. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 4507. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13224507
He B, Yan F, Yu H, Su F, Lyne V, Cui Y, Kang L, Wu W. Global Fisheries Responses to Culture, Policy and COVID-19 from 2017 to 2020. Remote Sensing. 2021; 13(22):4507. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13224507
Chicago/Turabian StyleHe, Bin, Fengqin Yan, Hao Yu, Fenzhen Su, Vincent Lyne, Yikun Cui, Lu Kang, and Wenzhou Wu. 2021. "Global Fisheries Responses to Culture, Policy and COVID-19 from 2017 to 2020" Remote Sensing 13, no. 22: 4507. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13224507