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Bottom Trawling in EEZ

The proportion of the total catch in a country’s exclusive economic zone(s) caught by any country using bottom trawling and dredging. This indicator measures whether countries allow bottom trawling in the marine regions under their jurisdiction. A score of 100 indicates that no fish is caught with bottom trawling inside a country's exlusive economic zone(s), and a score of 0 indicates worst performance. Data come from the Sea Around Us.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Antigua and Barbuda 1 100.0 0.0
Bahamas 1 100.0 0.0
Bahrain 1 100.0 0.0
Barbados 1 100.0 0.0
Belize 1 100.0 0.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 100.0 0.0
Chile 1 100.0 0.0
Comoros 1 100.0 0.0
Djibouti 1 100.0 8.4
Dominica 1 100.0 0.0
Dominican Republic 1 100.0 0.0
Fiji 1 100.0 0.0
Grenada 1 100.0 0.0
Haiti 1 100.0 0.0
Jamaica 1 100.0 0.0
Jordan 1 100.0 0.0
Kiribati 1 100.0 0.0
Lebanon 1 100.0 0.0
Maldives 1 100.0 0.0
Marshall Islands 1 100.0 0.0
Micronesia 1 100.0 0.0
Oman 1 100.0 0.0
Qatar 1 100.0 0.0
Saint Lucia 1 100.0 0.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 100.0 0.0
Samoa 1 100.0 0.0
Singapore 1 100.0 0.0
Solomon Islands 1 100.0 0.0
Sudan 1 100.0 0.0
Tonga 1 100.0 0.0
United Arab Emirates 1 100.0 0.0
Vanuatu 1 100.0 0.0
Venezuela 33 99.0 5.6
Papua New Guinea 34 98.9 0.3
Seychelles 35 98.0 -1.0
Peru 36 94.9 3.8
Finland 37 91.4 0.4
Kenya 38 90.6 -7.6
Estonia 39 90.2 1.8
Cuba 40 88.9 1.0
Latvia 41 87.4 -2.4
Mauritius 42 87.2 -2.0
Poland 43 84.2 6.0
Ecuador 44 83.4 6.4
Mauritania 45 81.7 -13.1
Lithuania 46 81.2 2.1
Tanzania 47 77.7 -10.6
Benin 48 77.2 2.7
Panama 49 77.1 -6.5
Philippines 50 76.7 1.6
Sweden 50 76.7 2.1
Cameroon 52 76.5 22.2
Iraq 53 75.8 -0.9
Cyprus 54 74.9 -13.0
Malta 55 74.4 15.9
Russia 55 74.4 8.0
Gambia 57 73.9 7.6
Ghana 58 72.7 1.7
Mozambique 59 68.3 14.8
Georgia 60 67.6 -12.4
Trinidad and Tobago 61 65.6 5.6
Sao Tome and Principe 62 65.2 -27.2
Croatia 63 61.9 9.7
Saudi Arabia 64 61.1 4.9
Sri Lanka 65 58.7 11.2
Bangladesh 66 58.6 1.0
Iran 67 58.4 4.9
Nigeria 68 56.9 8.4
Senegal 69 55.8 -20.1
Brazil 70 54.2 0.3
Honduras 71 53.1 -4.2
Pakistan 72 52.1 6.1
France 73 51.5 -5.0
Colombia 74 51.3 -10.9
Turkiye 74 51.3 14.1
Australia 76 51.1 1.3
Madagascar 76 51.1 -9.7
Tunisia 76 51.1 4.1
Norway 79 50.5 -5.8
Greece 80 49.7 -1.4
Algeria 81 49.2 -2.7
South Africa 82 48.1 3.0
Costa Rica 83 47.4 -9.7
Montenegro 83 47.4 19.2
United States of America 85 46.4 6.1
Guatemala 86 44.1 -10.1
Portugal 87 42.5 -8.2
Nicaragua 88 41.2 -0.7
Japan 89 40.7 6.6
Spain 90 40.3 -1.7
Ukraine 91 40.0 7.1
Malaysia 92 39.4 -0.3
Denmark 93 39.2 -6.0
Sierra Leone 94 38.4 -6.8
Suriname 95 38.3 -4.6
Italy 96 35.5 -1.0
Mexico 97 34.9 -8.1
Morocco 98 34.5 1.1
Brunei Darussalam 99 34.2 6.6
Gabon 100 33.9 6.9
United Kingdom 101 31.7 -5.8
Thailand 102 31.5 -0.4
Egypt 103 31.2 4.0
El Salvador 104 30.9 -19.2
Iceland 104 30.9 -11.8
Canada 106 29.0 -1.3
Slovenia 106 29.0 -71.0
Ireland 108 28.9 -3.1
Taiwan 109 27.3 3.1
Angola 110 26.9 2.3
Argentina 111 26.8 1.6
Germany 112 26.6 9.7
China 113 26.3 0.9
Indonesia 113 26.3 -1.3
Uruguay 115 26.0 -18.7
Kuwait 116 25.8 5.5
Guinea 117 25.6 -2.2
New Zealand 117 25.6 3.7
Togo 119 24.3 7.4
Myanmar 120 22.8 0.3
Guyana 121 22.5 6.5
Israel 122 22.1 5.4
South Korea 123 21.2 7.8
Liberia 124 21.1 7.7
Namibia 125 20.5 -2.2
Dem. Rep. Congo 126 18.0 -0.9
Equatorial Guinea 127 17.1 0.4
India 128 16.8 -4.5
Cote d'Ivoire 129 15.9 0.0
Eritrea 130 15.7 4.2
Guinea-Bissau 131 14.4 -1.5
Cambodia 132 12.0 0.1
Netherlands 133 11.8 4.2
Viet Nam 134 9.0 -3.2
Bulgaria 135 4.3 -3.6
Albania 136 3.5 -1.0
Belgium 137 0.0 0.0
Romania 137 0.0 -4.5
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