Table 1.
Calculated cumulative bycatch intensity and associated bycatch records for 10 ocean regions
| Ocean region | Cumulative bycatch intensity | Number of bycatch records included |
| Northwest Pacific | 2.53 | 224 |
| Southeast Pacific | 3.59 | 120 |
| Northwest Atlantic/Caribbean | 2.84 | 215 |
| Northeast Atlantic | 3.37 | 124 |
| Southwest Atlantic | 3.84 | 155 |
| Southeast Atlantic | 3.0 | 81 |
| Mediterranean | 4.77 | 90 |
| Eastern Indian Ocean | 3.23 | 69 |
| Southwest Pacific | 2.73 | 217 |
| Southern Ocean/Antarctica | 3.28 | 188 |
Cumulative scores were only calculated for regions with more than 50 bycatch records. Ocean regions are shown in Fig. 2.