Average annual reconstructed and reported catches (2000–2010) by the EU and China from West African waters (t·103).

*No documented fishing operations by the EU;** We could not retrace Chinese legal catches from Namibia since all foreign vessels operating in Namibia have to be flagged to Namibia. Having vessel information would have allowed however the identification of the beneficial ownership of vessels; evidence of reflagging to China between 2000 and 2010 was scarce and was not sufficient to estimates the legal catches of Chinese vessels reflagged to Namibia.Average annual reconstructed and reported catches (2000–2010) by the EU and China from West African waters (t·103).