Response to Comment on "Tracking the global footprint of fisheries"
Thursday, August 23, 2018 - 13:31
in Biology & Nature
Amoroso et al. demonstrate the power of our data by estimating the high-resolution trawling footprint on seafloor habitat. Yet we argue that a coarser grid is required to understand full ecosystem impacts. Vessel tracking data allow us to estimate the footprint of human activities across a variety of scales, and the proper scale depends on the specific impact being investigated.