A multidimensional dashboard dataset on tropical tuna fishing fleet in Atlantic and Indian Oceans

The objective of this work was to test a multidimensional approach, accounting for the ecological, economic and social dimensions of fisheries sustainability, with the case study of tropical tuna fishing fleets. This dashboard has been constructed based on bibliography review then calculated annually for all historical period available.

The principal data raw sources were Regional Fisheries Management Organisation’s (RFMO) public data for the majority of ecologic indicators and the Data Collection Framework (Regulation (EC) 199/2008) for socio-economic indicators and one ecologic indicator (Fuel use intensity or FUI). 24 indicators (14 ecological, 7 economic and 3 socio-economic) were calculated. According to raw data availability, the majority of ecological indicators were calculated from 1950 to 2020 for 356 fleets in Atlantic and Indian oceans, while FUI, economic and socio-economic indicators were calculated only for the European purse seiners and longliners (French and Spanish) over a shorter period of time (2009-2019) than ecological indicators.