Fig. 4: Three-dimensional distribution of fishing pressure.
From: 3D ocean assessments reveal that fisheries reach deep but marine protection remains shallow
Average fishing pressure across depth realms and ecoregions (left panel) and absolute fishing effort per benthic and pelagic depth realms (right panel). Void cells indicate depth realms that do not occur in a given ecoregion. Error bars represent 95% confidence interval from n = 3 years of fishing data (2018–2020). The ‘unspecified’ category indicates ambiguous gear types in the Global Fishing Watch database (e.g., “trawling” without distinction between mid-water and bottom trawling). Note that for fishing pressures over lower bathyal and abyssal waters indicated in the left panel, most fishing occurred in shallower pelagic realms (epipelagic and mesopelagic, 0−1000 m).
