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 |