IND121 - Healthcheck: Discards (total, all species)

Name: IND121 - Healthcheck: Discards (total, all species)
Published: 2025-08-10
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Updated: 2026-08-28

Metric: Annual weight of all discarded and/or dead species (kg). Measures the total weight of all fish and other marine species that are caught but returned to the water rather than kept. This indicator provides an overall measure of fishery discarding.