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. 2020 Feb 26;6(9):eaaz3801. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz3801

Table 2. Economic impacts.

Average annual economic, income, and tax revenue impacts of likely illicit trade in seafood over the past decade of total reconstructed catch data (2005–2014) for two scenarios of assumed fractions of unreported catches being redirected to illicit trade. Both scenarios assume that 50 to 80% of unreported industrial landed catches are being redirected to illicit trade, while the fractions of artisanal unreported landed catches range from 30 to 50% and 10 to 30% for scenarios 1 and 2, respectively.

Geographic region Scenario 1 Scenario 2
Economic
(US$ × 106)
Income
(US$ × 106)
Tax revenue*
(US$ × 106)
Economic
(US$ × 106)
Income
(US$ × 106)
Tax revenue*
(US$ × 106)
Africa 8,612–13,877 2,061–3,322 939–1,513 7,626–12,892 1,826–3,086 832–1,406
Antarctica and
sub-Antarctic
3.0–4.7 0.8–1.2 0.2–0.3 3.0–4.7 0.8–1.2 0.2–0.3
Asia 12,520–20,255 3,329–5,386 989–1,600 10,284–18,019 2,735–4,792 812–1,423
Europe 3,506–5,651 854–1,376 217–350 3,092–5,237 753–1,276 192–325
North America 2,747–4,473 952–1,550 209–340 1,978–3,703 686–1,284 150–281
Oceania 201–323 45–72 17–28 178–301 40–67 16–26
South America 1,392–2,267 380–619 185–301 987–1,862 270–509 131–247
Total 30,591–49,455 8,207–13,268 2,651–4,286 25,503 - 44,367 6,842–11,903 2,210–3,845

*Note that this table uses the variable tax rates by region. Each region has an average tax rate reported at https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/services/tax/tax-tools-and-resources/tax-rates-online/corporate-tax-rates-table.html.