Figure 1

(a) Log-normal selection of 0.5\(^{\circ }\) high-effort fishing locations, in the Italian seas, from Global Fishing Watch data from 1 March to 30 April. (b) Number (high, medium, low) of endangered, threatened and protected (ETP) species recorded at these locations. To enhance the comparison, the outlines of the 2019 cells (left) are reported in the 2020 maps (right). Maps were created with QGIS v.3.20.2 (www.qgis.org) using Google Maps-Satellite as the background map (version of 8 November 2021) (https://maps.google.com/).