The changing face of global fisheries-The 1950s vs. the 2000s

► Mapped global fisheries catch and effort in cartograms show changes since the 1950s were dominated by European fleets in Atlantic and Asian in the Pacific. ► By the 2000s, European share had diminished and Asia's had increased. ► Landings are limited by ocean primary productivity, and fleets shift as fisheries fail. ► Management will need to take note of important global and regional trends.