Comment on "Tracking the global footprint of fisheries".

Amoroso, R O; Parma, A M; Pitcher, C R; McConnaughey, R A; Jennings, S · Science · 2018

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Kroodsma <i>et al</i> (Reports, 23 February 2018, p. 904) mapped the global footprint of fisheries. Their estimates of footprint and resulting contrasts between the scale of fishing and agriculture are an artifact of the spatial scale of analysis. Reanalyses of their global (all vessels) and regional (trawling) data at higher resolution reduced footprint estimates by factors of >10 and >5, respectively.

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