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Human population size of the country in
2022. Data are from the United Nations
Population Division.

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The area of a country’s exclusive economic zone,
according to the UN Convention on the Law of the Seas.
An EEZ defines the space over which a sovereign state has
exclusive rights over its marine resources, including fisheries.

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Time spent actively fishing by vessels flagged to
a foreign nation, per square km of EEZ. Data are from
Global Fishing Watch.

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Change in fish catch, projected forward
five years. Data are from the Ocean Health Index.

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The amount of protein derived from seafood or
fisheries products compared to total animal-derived
protein consumed, per person. Data are from
the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

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The percentage of area within an exclusive
economic zone containing a marine protected area.
Data are from the World Database on Protected Areas.

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The presence of a formally disputed international
maritime border in an exclusive economic zone.
Data are from the Marine Regions database.

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The gross domestic product of a country,
per person. Data are from the International
Monetary Fund.

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Incidents involving the deliberate, overt,
government-sanctioned, and government-directed
threat, display, or use of force between two or
more states over access to or control of fisheries
resources or policing of territorial waters and EEZs.
Data are from the Militarized Interstate Disputes
narratives as analyzed by Hendrix et al. 2022.

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Deaths due to events of organized violence
(phenomena of lethal violence occurring at a
given time and place), normalized by population.
Data are from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.

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