Tropical cyclones(TCs)may cause severe impacts on the activities of coastal fishing vessels.Due to the unavailability or unacceptability of detailed Automatic Identification System(AIS)data that are capable of differ-entiating fishing activity from navigation,as well as the lack of detailed models and observation data of TC winds,few studies have provided quantitative and reliable assessment of the impacts of TCs on fishing activities.In this study,we modeled snapshots for the TC winds of 52 TCs over the Northwest Pacific(NWP)basin from 2013 to 2018,as well as daily fishing hours and daily hours of presence(hereafter"vessel hours")of fishing vessels.Based on these data,the spatiotemporal pattern of fishing vessel activity over off-shore China was first analyzed and mapped.Then,a TC wind hazard index and absolute and relative impact indices were proposed to assess the impact of the 52 TCs on fishing and vessel hours.Their relationship was then fitted with the cumulative distribution function(CDF)of the log-normal distribution.The results show that in the 2013-2018 period,the most active fishing areas were located in the South China Sea.In each instance,an increase was first observed in the initial several years;then a decrease followed in the yearly total fishing hours per vessel in the remaining years.The relative impact index was significantly correlated to the TC wind hazard index proposed in this study.Based on the quantitative relationship between the specified TC hazard index and the impact indices,it is possible to implement a pre-cyclone rapid loss assessment due to TC avoidance in the future.

Weihua Fang;Cunmin Guo;Yinan Han;Rongfa Qing

Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Disasters,Ministry of Education,Beijing Normal University,Beijing 100875,China;Faculty of Geographical Science,Beijing Normal University,Beijing 100875,China;Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory,Guangzhou 511458,China;Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management,Ministry of Emergency Management and Ministry of Education,Beijing 100875,China

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[1]Weihua Fang;Cunmin Guo;Yinan Han;Rongfa Qing-.Impact of Tropical Cyclone Avoidance on Fishing Vessel Activity over Coastal China Based on Automatic Identification System Data during 2013-2018)[J].国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）,2022(04):561-576

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