| Fish captures technique | Destructive or illegal fishing methods | • Fisherman interview• Secondary data, reports from local fisheries supervisory agencies and/or local marine and fisheries services | 1 = frequency of incidents > 10 cases per year2 = frequency of incidents 5–10 cases per year3 = frequency of incidents < 5 cases per year |
| Fishery capacity and fishing effort | • Fisherman interview• Secondary data, local marine and fisheries service reports, capture fisheries statistics, logbooks | 1 = catching capacity ratio < 12 = catching capacity ratio = 13 = catching capacity ratio > 1 |
| Capture selectivity | • Fisherman interview• Secondary data, local marine and fisheries service reports, capture fisheries statistics, logbooks | 1 = low (> 50%)2 = medium (50%–75%)3 = high (less than 50%) use of non-selective fishing gear |