The non-fishing vessels model used to measure the intensity of non-fishing activity in the ecosystem.

Abstract

The NFV-FB model is a tool used to measure the impact of ship operations on ecosystems in Saudi Arabia. The model takes into account the impact of the ship's size, speed, fuel consumption and other parameters related to the ship on the environment. The data to be collected should include vessel size, speed, fuel consumption and other parameters related to the vessel for a specific time period, berth size, port size, berth depth , berth time and any other parameters related to berth and total fleet size, number of ships in fleet, fleet occupation area, fleet fuel consumption and any other information. any other number related to the fleet.