| North Sea & NE Atlantic | Bottom-set | Gillnets 0.02-0.09% nets lost per boat per year (FANTARED 2, 2003) |
| English Channel & North Sea (France) | Gillnets | 0.2% (sole & plaice) to 2.11 % (sea bass) nets lost per boat per year |
| Mediterranean | Gillnets | 0.05% (inshore hake) to 3.2% (sea bream) nets lost per boat per year (FANTARED 2, 2003) |
| Gulf of Aden | Traps | 20% lost per boat per year (Al-Masroori, 2002) |
| ROPME Sea Area United Arab Emirates | Traps | 260 000 lost per year in 2002 (G. Morgan, personal communication, 2007) |
| Indian Ocean Maldives | Tuna longline | 3% loss of hooks/set (Anderson & Waheed, 1998) |
| Australia (Queensland) | Blue swimmer crab trap | Fishery 35 traps lost per boat per year (McKauge, undated) |
| NE Pacific Bristol Bay | King crab trap fishery | 7 000-31 000 traps lost in the fishery per year (Stevens, 1996; Paul, Paul & Kimker, 1994; Kruse & Kimker, 1993) |
| NW Atlantic | Newfoundland cod gillnet fishery | 5000 nets per year (Breen 1990) |
| | Canadian Atlantic gillnet fisheries | 2% nets lost per boat per year (Chopin et al., 1995) |
| | New England lobster fishery | 20-30% traps lost per boat per year (Smolowitz, 1978) |
| | Chesapeake Bay | Up to 30% traps lost per boat per year (NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office, 2007) |
| Caribbean Guadeloupe | Trap fishery | 20 000 traps lost per year, mainly in the hurricane season (Burke & Maidens, 2004 |
