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Sustaining the World's Large Marine Ecosystems

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At <strong>the</strong> LME scale, Hoagland and Jin (2006) examined economic sector activity for<br />

<strong>the</strong> Yellow Sea LME. The four sectors examined included (1) socioeconomic<br />

activity, (2) shipping and offshore oil, (3) fisheries and aquaculture, and (4)<br />

tourism. The calculated index values for <strong>the</strong> three industry sectors were greater<br />

than <strong>the</strong> world average (Figure 26).<br />

Figure 26. YSLME activity index values for three major marine sectors and <strong>the</strong> socioeconomic<br />

sector in comparison to <strong>the</strong> LME world average.<br />

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