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Re:Wait, So How Much of the Ocean Is Actually Fished? by samcampbell on Monday September 10, 2018 @08:25PM (#17956230)
>One prominent study said 55 percent, its critics say 4 percent, and they both used the same data.

TL;DR - The first study (55% fished) divided the ocean in 160,000 squares (each 3,100 square kilometers) with 55% containing fishing activity in 2016.

The second study divided the ocean into much smaller squares (123 square kilometers)and found only 4% had fishing activity in 2016.

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Re:Wait, So How Much of the Ocean Is Actually Fished? by BugsJustFindMe on Monday September 10, 2018 @10:10PM (#17956702)
Oh, well, if we're dividing the ocean, then I divide the ocean into 1 square (each one ocean) with 100% fishing activity in 2018.
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Re:Wait, So How Much of the Ocean Is Actually Fished? by tinus_hn on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:39AM (#17958762)
The real question is what is the fractal dimension of fishing activity.
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