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 |
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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 |