Fish caught by trawling measures the percentage of a country’s fish catch (within its exclusive economic zones) caught by bottom or pelagic trawling, where a fishing net is pulled through the water behind a boat. This practice is indiscriminate and wasteful and can severely damage marine ecosystems. This indicator is calculated using data from the Sea Around Us. A score of 100 indicates no fish caught using trawling, and a score of 0 indicates worst performance (99th-percentile).
Fish caught by trawling
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa | - | - | - |
| Rwanda | - | - | - |
| Seychelles | - | - | - |
| Malta | - | - | - |
| Mali | - | - | - |
| North Macedonia | - | - | - |
| Chad | - | - | - |
| Serbia | - | - | - |
| Sao Tome and Principe | - | - | - |
| Qatar | - | - | - |
| Paraguay | - | - | - |
| Azerbaijan | - | - | - |
| Cabo Verde | - | - | - |
| Comoros | - | - | - |
| Austria | - | - | - |
| Suriname | - | - | - |
| Panama | - | - | - |
| Pakistan | - | - | - |
| Oman | - | - | - |
| Republic of Congo | - | - | - |
| Nepal | - | - | - |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | - | - | - |
| Zambia | - | - | - |
| Nicaragua | - | - | - |
| Nigeria | - | - | - |
| Niger | - | - | - |
| Slovakia | - | - | - |
| Slovenia | - | - | - |
| Malawi | - | - | - |
| Mauritius | - | - | - |
| Cote d'Ivoire | - | - | - |
| Mozambique | - | - | - |
| Mongolia | - | - | - |
| Central African Republic | - | - | - |
| Sierra Leone | - | - | - |
| El Salvador | - | - | - |
| Cyprus | - | - | - |
| Cuba | - | - | - |
| Sudan | - | - | - |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - |
| Afghanistan | - | - | - |
| Czech Republic | - | - | - |
| Burundi | - | - | - |
| Djibouti | - | - | - |
| Dominica | - | - | - |
| Uruguay | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | - | - | - |
| Algeria | - | - | - |
| Ecuador | - | - | - |
| Egypt | - | - | - |
| Eritrea | - | - | - |
| United Arab Emirates | - | - | - |
| Benin | - | - | - |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - |
| Burkina Faso | - | - | - |
| Uganda | - | - | - |
| Mexico | - | - | - |
| Tanzania | - | - | - |
| Gabon | - | - | - |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - |
| Bahrain | - | - | - |
| Ghana | - | - | - |
| Bahamas | - | - | - |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | - | - |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | - | - |
| Belarus | - | - | - |
| Belize | - | - | - |
| Grenada | - | - | - |
| Guatemala | - | - | - |
| Guyana | - | - | - |
| Honduras | - | - | - |
| Bolivia | - | - | - |
| Haiti | - | - | - |
| Hungary | - | - | - |
| Brazil | - | - | - |
| Barbados | - | - | - |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | - | - |
| Bhutan | - | - | - |
| Iraq | - | - | - |
| Tunisia | - | - | - |
| Israel | - | - | - |
| Botswana | - | - | - |
| Jamaica | - | - | - |
| Jordan | - | - | - |
| Madagascar | - | - | - |
| Kazakhstan | - | - | - |
| Kenya | - | - | - |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | - | - |
| Turkmenistan | - | - | - |
| Moldova | - | - | - |
| Tajikistan | - | - | - |
| Kuwait | - | - | - |
| Laos | - | - | - |
| Lebanon | - | - | - |
| Armenia | - | - | - |
| Saint Lucia | - | - | - |
| Switzerland | - | - | - |
| Lesotho | - | - | - |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | - | - |
| Luxembourg | - | - | - |
| Uzbekistan | - | - | - |
| Togo | - | - | - |
| Eswatini | - | - | - |
| Timor-Leste | 1 | 100 | - |
| Maldives | 1 | 100 | - |
| Singapore | 1 | 100 | 41.9 |
| Kiribati | 4 | 87.4 | -12.6 |
| Marshall Islands | 5 | 74.5 | -25.5 |
| Tonga | 6 | 73.5 | -26.5 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 73.3 | -26.7 |
| Micronesia | 8 | 70.8 | -29.2 |
| Fiji | 9 | 69.9 | -30.1 |
| Vanuatu | 10 | 66.2 | -33.8 |
| Portugal | 11 | 55.2 | 46.3 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 33.3 | 3.1 |
| Chile | 13 | 26.1 | 4.6 |
| Peru | 14 | 23.6 | -7.6 |
| Philippines | 15 | 19.1 | 6.5 |
| Colombia | 16 | 18.1 | 5.4 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 17.8 | -0.4 |
| Gambia | 18 | 14.2 | 11 |
| India | 19 | 13.1 | 1.5 |
| Greece | 20 | 12.7 | 1.4 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 12.5 | 3.3 |
| Bangladesh | 22 | 11 | -1.7 |
| Costa Rica | 23 | 10.9 | 2 |
| Taiwan | 23 | 10.9 | 4.6 |
| Croatia | 25 | 10.1 | 1.8 |
| Cambodia | 26 | 9.9 | -1.5 |
| Iran | 27 | 9.6 | 3.2 |
| France | 28 | 9.4 | 2.5 |
| Spain | 29 | 9.3 | 3.1 |
| Lithuania | 30 | 9.2 | 2.6 |
| Bulgaria | 31 | 8.7 | 2.3 |
| South Africa | 32 | 7.7 | -1.2 |
| Norway | 33 | 7.3 | 1.2 |
| Turkey | 34 | 7.2 | 1.4 |
| Senegal | 35 | 7.1 | 1.7 |
| Japan | 36 | 7 | -1.6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 37 | 6.7 | -1.8 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 6.7 | -0.6 |
| Canada | 39 | 6.5 | 0.8 |
| Australia | 39 | 6.5 | 0.7 |
| Sri Lanka | 41 | 6.3 | -3.8 |
| Malaysia | 42 | 5.7 | -0.2 |
| Myanmar | 42 | 5.7 | -0.5 |
| Thailand | 44 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 44 | 5.5 | -1.4 |
| Italy | 46 | 4.7 | 1.2 |
| Angola | 47 | 4.4 | 0.6 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 48 | 4.3 | -4.7 |
| Ukraine | 49 | 4.1 | 1.6 |
| United States of America | 50 | 4 | -0.1 |
| Mauritania | 51 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| Montenegro | 52 | 3.7 | -1.6 |
| United Kingdom | 52 | 3.7 | 2 |
| Sweden | 54 | 3.6 | -0.5 |
| Latvia | 55 | 3.5 | 0.6 |
| Poland | 56 | 3.4 | 0.6 |
| China | 57 | 3.3 | -1.4 |
| Georgia | 58 | 3.2 | 1 |
| Liberia | 59 | 3.1 | 1.6 |
| New Zealand | 60 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Estonia | 61 | 2.9 | 0.3 |
| Denmark | 62 | 2.8 | -0.6 |
| Argentina | 63 | 2.6 | 0.9 |
| Iceland | 64 | 2.4 | -0.8 |
| Russia | 65 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
| Viet Nam | 66 | 2.1 | -2.1 |
| Finland | 66 | 2.1 | -0.8 |
| Morocco | 68 | 1.9 | -0.2 |
| Guinea | 69 | 1.7 | 0.4 |
| South Korea | 70 | 1.5 | -1.3 |
| Romania | 71 | 1.4 | -1.3 |
| Ireland | 72 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Germany | 73 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| Netherlands | 74 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Albania | 75 | 0.4 | -0.8 |
| Belgium | 76 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Namibia | 77 | - | -0.3 |