Sea EEZ
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Determine the number of stocks and their percentages for each state.
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Sum all stocks and present as a percentage in catch.
Land
The EEZ Area by Country by Year An Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a seazone prescribed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea over which a state has special rights over its marine resources within 200 nautical miles from its coast. In some cases, countries have rights to their continental shelf if it extends beyond those 200 nautical miles.
SAU creates a plot number of stocks by status by tallying the number of stocks in a particular state in a given year, and presenting these as percentages.
Finally, the cumulative catch of stock by status in a given year is summed over all stocks and presented as a percentage in the catch by stock status graph.
13% non-fully exploited 30% overexploited Fish as Major Food Sources Today, intensive fishing remains a critical environmental problem throughout much of the world, especially where countries perceive fishing as necessary for food security, a means to development, or a key economic asset.
57% fully exploited
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