Trawling is a method of fishing in which a net is dragged behind the boat, either along the sea floor (bottom trawling) or above the sea floor (midwater trawling). Both methods can be harmful to sea creatures as bottom trawling can destroy important habitats such as coral reefs and midwater trawling catches large animals such as sea turtles, dolphins and sharks. This layer shows the global distribution of hours spent trawling per square kilometer in 2013. These data represent the sum of the hours spent trawling by all tracked vessels (from multiple countries) throughout the year.

2013 Global Trawling Hours (hours/square kilometer)

Trawling is a method of fishing in which a net is dragged behind the boat, either along the sea floor (bottom trawling) or above the sea floor (midwater trawling). Both methods can be harmful to sea creatures as bottom trawling can destroy important habitats such as coral reefs and midwater trawling catches large animals such as sea turtles, dolphins and sharks. This layer shows the global distribution of hours spent trawling per square kilometer in 2016. These data represent the sum of the hours spent trawling by all tracked vessels (from multiple countries) throughout the year.

2016 Global Trawling Hours (hours/square kilometer)

Trawling is a method of fishing in which a net is dragged behind the boat, either along the sea floor (bottom trawling) or above the sea floor (midwater trawling). Both methods can be harmful to sea creatures as bottom trawling can destroy important habitats such as coral reefs and midwater trawling catches large animals such as sea turtles, dolphins and sharks. This layer shows the global distribution of hours spent trawling per square kilometer in 2012. These data represent the sum of the hours spent trawling by all tracked vessels (from multiple countries) throughout the year.

2012 Global Trawling Hours (hours/square kilometer)

Trawling is a method of fishing in which a net is dragged behind the boat, either along the sea floor (bottom trawling) or above the sea floor (midwater trawling). Both methods can be harmful to sea creatures as bottom trawling can destroy important habitats such as coral reefs and midwater trawling catches large animals such as sea turtles, dolphins and sharks. This layer shows the global distribution of hours spent trawling per square kilometer in 2014. These data represent the sum of the hours spent trawling by all tracked vessels (from multiple countries) throughout the year.

2014 Global Trawling Hours (hours/square kilometer)

Trawling is a method of fishing in which a net is dragged behind the boat, either along the sea floor (bottom trawling) or above the sea floor (midwater trawling). Both methods can be harmful to sea creatures as bottom trawling can destroy important habitats such as coral reefs and midwater trawling catches large animals such as sea turtles, dolphins and sharks. This layer shows the global distribution of hours spent trawling per square kilometer in 2015. These data represent the sum of the hours spent trawling by all tracked vessels (from multiple countries) throughout the year.

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