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MetricMarine pollution and resource stewardship

Lost fishing gear retrieved or reported

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Number and proportion of lost fishing gear items that are retrieved or reported to a relevant authority or international initiative.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
number of gear items; percentage (%) — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
reporting period
Aggregation
Report the number of lost gear items retrieved or reported and the corresponding proportion of lost gear, retaining retrieval and reporting routes separately where applicable.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Marine pollution and resource stewardship
Controlled domain
Pollution
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Lost fishing gear associated with the reporting organization's fishing-related operations and reported to the relevant authority or international initiative where applicable.

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    TNFD additional sector guidance for fishing, fish trading, fish processing and retail, p. 77, metric table, C2.3 sector guidance | Candidate evidence: “Lost fishing gear retrieved or reported” | p. 77, metric table, C2.3 sector guidance for fishing, fish trading, fish processing and retail
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    C2.3
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, June 2025
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    p. 77, metric table, C2.3 sector guidance for fishing, fish trading, fish processing and retail
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
number of gear items; percentage (%) — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
reporting period

Unit meaning: Values use number of gear items; percentage (%) under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.

Table fields and units

  • gear type
  • action category
  • number of lost gear items retrieved or reported
  • total lost gear items used as denominator
  • proportion of lost gear
  • reporting authority or initiative

Published dimensions

  • gear type
  • action taken: retrieved or reported
  • reporting destination: relevant authority or international initiative
  • number of gear items
  • proportion of lost gear

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Report the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. The source specifies a standalone quantitative indicator with both a count and a proportion output. A structured table preserves the distinct retrieval and reporting routes and the denominator required for the percentage, rather than flattening them into one undifferentiated count.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

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Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 30 August 2026

    TNFD additional sector guidance collection

    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
    Locator
    TNFD additional sector guidance for fishing, fish trading, fish processing and retail, p. 77, metric table, C2.3 sector guidance | Candidate evidence: “Lost fishing gear retrieved or reported” | p. 77, metric table, C2.3 sector guidance for fishing, fish trading, fish processing and retail

    Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Lost fishing gear retrieved or reported”.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: TNFD sector guidance, Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents).

  • Define what constitutes lost fishing gear and the gear-item counting method.
  • State the denominator used for the reported proportion of lost gear.
  • Disclose whether an item that is both retrieved and reported is counted once or under both action categories.
  • Identify the relevant authority or international initiative used for reporting where applicable.

Record-specific limitations

  • Retrieval and reporting are not necessarily mutually exclusive; counts must not be double counted without disclosure.
  • Reported gear may not equal gear successfully retrieved.
  • The percentage depends on the completeness and definition of the lost-gear denominator.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.