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Fishing

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  • The indicator shows the potential pressure generate by fishing activity in regions close to the coast. Med-IAMER developed an expert-based approach to estimate the spatial distribution of fishing activities and the related pressure of harmful fishing techniques on marine environments. This approach resulted in this cumulative fishing indicator, that aims at provide a spatial explicit estimation of main pressures exerted from fishing related activities, particularly trawling and dredging, taking into account the variables for which spatial data are available and that had a specific influence on marine ecosystem. Maximum distance considered is 100 km. Three variables were taken into account to produce this indicator: fishing effort, calculated by a classification of ports according to their fishing fleet tonnage, average vessel length overall and number of trawlers, using the DG MARE database on ports and fishing fleet; soft bottoms above 1.000 meters depth, and main resident endangered species of cetaceans, turtles, sharks and rays threatened by bycatch according to the IUCN Red List and reports.