Trawling Areas shows human modification of the coastal zone s oceanic areas. Benthic trawling is modifying marine habitat and a significant pressure on the biodiversity of coastal ecosystems. PAGE researchers consulted government fisheries agencies, Internet fisheries newsgroups, and personal scientific contacts in 65 countries and received sufficient data from 27 of them to produce a map of swept and unswept trawling areas.
Data are incomplete for many areas.
McAllister D.E., Baquero, J., Spiller, G. and Campbell, R. 1999. A Global Trawling Ground Survey.