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. 2016 Nov 9;11(11):e0164699. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164699

Table 1. Raw data and results of the normalized scoring for human dependence, by country (only countries for which data are available are shown).

Ocean Provinces: Brazilian (B), Caribbean (C), Central Pacific (CP), Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Central Indian Ocean (CIO), Eastern Pacific (EP), Middle East (ME), Polynesia (P), South East Asia (SEA), Western Australia (WA), Western Indian Ocean (WIO).

Country Population protected by coral reefs, # ofpeople (2007) [41] # of Fishers involved in coral reef fisheries (2005) [40] Value of reef fish harvest (2005, in real $) [40] Normalized Score Population Protected (0–10) Normalized Score Maximum of Fishers, Value (0–10) Ocean Province
Aruba 70,982 1,018 331,268 6.8 4.4 C
Anguilla 4,174 208 788,289 5.1 5.0 C
United Arab Emirates 1,217,577 12,385 153,922,439 8.6 8.6 ME
American Samoa 33,296 1,847 121,901 6.4 3.7 CP, P
Antigua and Barbuda 24,649 2,134 10,621,547 6.2 6.8 C
Australia 316,027 29,593 467,219,756 7.7 9.4 GBR, SEA, WA
Bangladesh 1,318 230,498 N/A 4.4 8.0 SEA
Bahrain 575,191 7,200 63,046,838 8.1 8.0 ME
Bahamas 260,184 12,000 89,287,977 7.6 8.3 C
Belize 98,020 6,926 7,681,824 7.0 6.5 C
Bermuda 58,903 2,158 1,296,462 6.7 5.3 C
Brazil 1,239,637 144,433 180,174,864 8.6 8.8 B
Barbados 91,611 566 23,101 7.0 2.5 C
Brunei Darussalam 0 920 N/A 0 2.4 SEA
Cambodia 8,000 14,364 N/A 5.5 5.2 SEA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 643 N/A N/A 3.9 N/A SEA
China 1,212,378 189,467 708,521,292 8.6 9.7 SEA
Cook Islands 13,919 3,971 430,936 5.8 4.5 CP, P
Colombia 345,743 12,188 4,930,352 7.8 6.2 C, EP
Comoros 334,444 12,077 N/A 7.8 5.0 WIO
Costa Rica 92,470 12,303 5,959,548 7.0 6.4 C, EP
Cuba 1,299,087 11,890 34,226,998 8.6 7.6 C
Curacao 82,604 N/A N/A 6.9 N/A C
Christmas Island 994 N/A N/A 4.2 N/A SEA
Cayman Islands 47,154 1,318 N/A 6.6 2.7 C
Djibouti 333,054 901 N/A 7.8 2.3 ME
Dominica 35,073 1,377 N/A 6.4 2.8 C
Dominican Republic 790,588 9,000 13,812,145 8.3 7.0 C
Ecuador 3,100 10,439 N/A 4.9 4.8 EP
Egypt 571,170 205,260 32,826,014 8.1 7.9 ME
Eritrea 251,926 11,255 1,744,782 7.6 5.5 ME
Fiji 383,845 43,475 15,703,945 7.9 7.0 GBR,M, P
Federated States of Micronesia 85,748 23,413 198,862 6.9 5.7 M
Guada-loupe 220,058 2,446 3,610,737 7.5 6.0 C
Grenada 42,931 1,953 1,585,918 6.5 5.4 C
Honduras 37,825 12,454 4,959,989 6.4 6.2 C
Haiti 1,475,746 55,045 3,973,142 8.7 6.5 C
Indonesia 12,198,508 1,657,757 107,542,434 10.0 10.0 SEA
India 6,555,868 958,530 274,882,625 9.6 9.4 SEA, CIO
Iran 257,039 15,953 50,506,029 7.6 7.9 ME
Israel 0 400 3,370,972 0 6.0 ME
Jamaica 617,623 20,000 16,599,802 8.1 7.1 C
Jordan 33,519 90 59,792 6.4 3.2 ME
Japan 623,273 30,576 234,793,089 8.1 8.9 SEA
Kenya 521,948 12,938 5,338,532 8.0 6.3 WIO
Kiribati 94,244 14,260 11,241,006 7.0 6.8 CP, M, P
St. Kitts and Nevis 19,664 488 2,156,335 6.0 5.7 C
Kuwait 148,967 3,566 2,541,630 7.3 5.8 ME
St. Lucia 96,101 1,040 192,170 7.0 4.0 C
Sri Lanka 944,093 22,417 4,752,304 8.4 6.2 CIO
Madagascar 833,698 30,000 3,991,132 8.3 6.1 WIO
Maldives 223,017 30,223 990,466 7.5 5.9 CIO
Mexico 425,711 64,705 231,700,594 7.9 8.9 C, EP
Marshall Islands 50,258 21,743 N/A 6.6 5.6 M
Myanmar 180,331 123,746 N/A 7.4 7.4 SEA
Northern Mariana Islands 53,678 603 N/A 6.6 1.9 M
Mozambique 253,243 50,326 126,557 7.6 6.4 WIO
Montserrat 1,715 N/A N/A 4.5 N/A C
Martinique 146,793 2,500 5,793,451 7.3 6.4 C
Mauritius 265,262 7,127 18,934,530 7.6 7.2 WIO
Malaysia 1,142,333 83,720 248,586,246 8.5 9.0 SEA
Mayotte 147,666 1,005 8,594 7.3 2.5 WIO
New Caledonia 136,153 23,539 3,542,389 7.2 6.0 GBR
Nicaragua 5,814 6,755 29,463,860 5.3 7.5 C
Niue 827 607 N/A 4.1 1.9 P
Nauru 6,916 292 653 5.4 1.2 M
Oman 314,288 10,287 90,832,869 7.7 8.3 ME
Panama 84,304 6,551 53,387,993 6.9 7.9 C, EP
Philippines 12,963,664 911,754 705,110,034 10.0 9.7 SEA
Palau 13,043 3,795 109,462 5.8 3.8 M
Papua New Guinea 609,016 107,952 2,420,370 8.1 7.2 GBR
Puerto Rico 897,188 1,163 11,208,717 8.4 6.8 C
French Polynesia 221,276 21,495 1,765,467 7.5 5.6 P
Qatar 42,443 4,505 30,795,948 6.5 7.5 ME
Reunion 109,925 1,060 375,123 7.1 4.4 WIO
Saudi Arabia 2,190,247 24,500 132,227,485 8.9 8.5 ME
Sudan 3,555 27,254 50,237 5.0 5.8 ME
Singapore 78,342 1,529 803,050 6.9 5.0 SEA
Solomon Islands 307,616 58,390 N/A 7.7 6.6 GBR
Somalia 176,955 3,694 4,509,732 7.4 6.2 ME, WIO
Sint Maarten 26,959 N/A N/A 6.2 N/A C
Seychelles 59,299 2,000 5,485,708 6.7 6.3 WIO
Turks and Caicos Islands 20,480 2,524 38,212,573 6.1 7.7 C
Thailand 233,667 99,807 568,253,338 7.5 9.6 SEA
Tokelau 1,250 179 N/A 4.4 0.7 CP
Timor Leste 97,846 5,415 11,354 7.0 4.2 SEA
Tonga 84,729 7,170 249,913 6.9 4.5 P
Trinidad and Tobago 27,285 6,005 2,335,424 6.2 5.7 C
Tuvalu 9,611 2,708 N/A 5.6 3.5 M
Taiwan 186,430 26,516 100,911,037 7.4 8.3 SEA
United Rep. of Tanzania 1,612,870 108,789 28,586,374 8.7 7.5 WIO
United States 1,983,056 29,596 N/A 8.9 5.9 C, CP
St. Vincent & the Grenadines 42,323 587 33,632 6.5 2.8 C
Venezuela 396,002 21,291 160,788,383 7.9 8.7 C
British Virgin Islands 17,678 1,579 2,682,973 6.0 5.8 C
US Virgin Islands 34,003 981 6,598,431 6.4 6.4 C
Viet Nam 1,581,789 204,546 N/A 8.7 7.9 SEA
Vanuatu 112,666 9,410 67,499 7.1 4.7 GBR
Wallis & Futuna Islands 12,037 10,357 18,776 5.7 4.8 M, P
Samoa 110,024 3,586 704,204 7.1 4.9 P
Yemen 553,291 20,993 106,057,336 8.1 8.4 ME
South Africa 17 N/A N/A 1.8 N/A WIO