Fish caught by trawling and dredging

 

Fish caught by trawling and dredging measures the percent of a country’s fish caught by bottom trawling, in which a fishing net is pulled along the seafloor (NOAA, 2022), and by dredging, in which a dredge is pulled through seafloor sediment to collect bottom-dwelling species (NOAA, 2018). These techniques indiscriminately catch marine life and harm sensitive ecosystems along the seafloor. 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
Afghanistan NA NA NA
Chile 2 38.10 8.90
Belize 7 34.40 -18.00
Republic of Congo 17 21.00 8.70
Cameroon 31 14.60 1.80
Cote d'Ivoire 36 12.50 -3.00
Belgium 37 12.30 4.70
Brazil 40 11.70 -0.60
Bangladesh 43 11.30 -1.10
Australia 46 11.20 1.20
Angola 63 7.90 2.20
Brunei Darussalam 69 6.80 -0.10
Bahrain 69 6.80 NA
Argentina 75 6.30 2.40
China 87 3.90 -1.30
Albania 93 0.80 -0.40
United Arab Emirates NA NA NA
Armenia NA NA NA
Antigua and Barbuda NA NA NA
Austria NA NA NA
Azerbaijan NA NA NA
Burundi NA NA NA
Benin NA NA NA
Burkina Faso NA NA NA
Bulgaria 90 2.60 0.90
Bahamas NA NA NA
Bosnia and Herzegovina NA NA NA
Belarus NA NA NA
Bolivia NA NA NA
Barbados NA NA NA
Bhutan NA NA NA
Botswana NA NA NA
Central African Republic NA NA NA
Canada 62 8.00 -1.20
Switzerland NA NA NA
Dem. Rep. Congo NA NA NA
Colombia NA NA NA
Comoros NA NA NA
Cabo Verde NA NA NA
Costa Rica NA NA NA
Cuba 22 17.00 -2.10
Cyprus 48 10.20 -22.70
Germany 49 10.10 -1.90
Czech Republic NA NA NA
Djibouti NA NA NA
Honduras 9 30.20 NA
Iran 13 26.10 5.30
Gambia 19 19.30 -1.20
Estonia 20 17.90 -4.30
Georgia 21 17.80 1.90
Guinea-Bissau 24 16.80 NA
Ghana 26 15.80 1.80
Ireland 29 14.90 2.60
Japan 34 13.70 3.90
Croatia 40 11.70 4.00
France 43 11.30 3.90
Denmark 52 9.50 2.50
Algeria 53 9.30 1.20
United Kingdom 54 9.20 1.10
Guatemala 58 8.40 -6.50
Guinea 59 8.20 -0.80
Iceland 61 8.10 -1.70
Equatorial Guinea 64 7.60 -0.60
Dominica 68 7.10 6.70
Greece 77 5.80 -0.10
Indonesia 78 5.70 -0.20
Egypt 80 5.20 0.30
Gabon 80 5.20 0.80
Spain 82 5.00 -0.20
Italy 84 4.50 1.00
Israel 86 4.20 0.60
India 88 3.50 -1.50
Cambodia 95 0.40 -2.80
Dominican Republic NA NA NA
Ecuador NA NA NA
Eritrea NA NA NA
Ethiopia NA NA NA
Finland NA NA NA
Fiji NA NA NA
Micronesia NA NA NA
Grenada NA NA NA
Guyana NA NA NA
Haiti NA NA NA
Hungary NA NA NA
Iraq NA NA NA
Jamaica NA NA NA
Jordan NA NA NA
Kazakhstan NA NA NA
Kenya NA NA NA
Kyrgyzstan NA NA NA
Kiribati NA NA NA
South Korea 72 6.50 0.20
Kuwait NA NA NA
Laos NA NA NA
Saint Lucia 1 39.10 NA
Latvia 3 37.60 -8.00
Panama 6 35.70 5.40
Mauritius 11 27.10 10.90
Peru 12 26.60 -6.30
Liberia 22 17.00 NA
Nigeria 28 15.20 -0.50
Lebanon 31 14.60 NA
Sri Lanka NA NA NA
Lesotho NA NA NA
Madagascar 10 30.10 0.50
Oman 16 21.10 7.10
Philippines 18 20.60 6.90
Mauritania 25 16.60 13.30
Mexico 43 11.30 -3.50
Netherlands 55 8.90 NA
Malaysia 64 7.60 0.10
Montenegro 66 7.50 1.20
Portugal 71 6.60 -2.00
Norway 72 6.50 -6.40
Namibia 72 6.50 0.80
Lithuania 76 6.20 -27.60
Poland 79 5.60 -0.20
New Zealand 83 4.80 -1.00
Myanmar 85 4.30 -0.10
Morocco 92 1.90 -1.10
Malta 94 0.50 0.30
Luxembourg NA NA NA
Moldova NA NA NA
Maldives NA NA NA
Marshall Islands NA NA NA
North Macedonia NA NA NA
Mali NA NA NA
Mongolia NA NA NA
Mozambique NA NA NA
Malawi NA NA NA
Niger NA NA NA
Nicaragua NA NA NA
Nepal NA NA NA
Pakistan NA NA NA
Papua New Guinea NA NA NA
Paraguay NA NA NA
Qatar NA NA NA
Vanuatu 5 36.40 -25.20
Sao Tome and Principe 14 23.90 1.00
Romania 15 22.90 -9.40
Russia NA NA NA
Rwanda NA NA NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 37.20 12.60
Venezuela 8 33.10 12.90
Senegal 27 15.30 5.40
Taiwan 30 14.70 -0.50
Trinidad and Tobago 33 14.10 -1.90
Togo 35 13.30 -0.20
Sierra Leone 38 12.20 0.70
Saudi Arabia 39 12.00 0.80
Ukraine 42 11.40 4.60
Thailand 47 10.90 -0.70
Tunisia 49 10.10 -0.80
United States of America 51 10.00 1.20
El Salvador 66 7.50 -6.60
Viet Nam 91 2.40 -1.20
Sudan NA NA NA
Singapore NA NA NA
Solomon Islands NA NA NA
Serbia NA NA NA
Suriname NA NA NA
Slovakia NA NA NA
Slovenia NA NA NA
Sweden 55 8.90 -0.70
South Africa 57 8.80 -0.40
Turkey 59 8.20 1.50
Uruguay 89 2.90 -0.10
Eswatini NA NA NA
Seychelles NA NA NA
Chad NA NA NA
Tajikistan NA NA NA
Turkmenistan NA NA NA
Timor-Leste NA NA NA
Tonga NA NA NA
Tanzania NA NA NA
Uganda NA NA NA
Uzbekistan NA NA NA
Samoa NA NA NA
Zambia NA NA NA
Zimbabwe NA NA NA