Table 1. Summary of regional estimates of illegal fishing, averaged over 2000–2003.

Region	Reported catch of case study species	Catch of case study species as a percentage of total regional catch	Lower estimate of illegal catch (t)	Upper estimate of illegal catch (t)	Lower estimate of value (US$m)	Upper estimate of value (US$m)
Northwest Atlantic	557,147	25%	22,325	82,266	20	74
Northeast Atlantic	6,677,607	60%	364.908	842.467	328	758
Western Central Atlantic	390,942	22%	21,745	58,514	20	53
Eastern Central Atlantic	1,154,586	32%	294,089	562,169	265	506
Southwest Atlantic	1,403,601	65%	227,865	673,712	205	606
Southeast Atlantic	1,351,635	79%	52,972	139,392	48	125
Western Indian	2,165,792	52%	229,285	559,942	206	504
Eastern Indian	2,263,158	44%	467,865	970,589	421	874
Northwest Pacific	7,358,470	32%	1,325,763	3,505,600	1,193	3,155
Northeast Pacific	196,587	7%	2,326	8,449	2	8
Western Central Pacific	3,740,192	36%	785,897	1,729,588	707	1,557
Eastern Central Pacific	1,374,062	73%	129,772	278,450	117	251
Southwest Pacific	451,677	61%	5,227	32,848	5	30
Southeast Pacific	9,799,047	73%	1,197,547	2,567,890	1,078	2,311
Antarctic	136654	100%	9593	9593	9	9
Total	39,021,155	46%	5,140,928	12,040,052	4,627	10,836