EMODnet Human Activities, Fisheries, Fishing Intensity

The datasets on fishing intensity in the EU waters by sea basin are created every year by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). In the 2020 Cogea started to collect and harmonize them according to the EMOdnet Human Activities dataset schema. The EMODnet dataset is updated yearly, as soon as new data from ICES Fishing Overviews are released, and is available for viewing and download on the EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). Where and when available, the fisheries overview fishing intensity data concern: i) the spatial distribution of average annual fishing effort (mW fishing hours) by ecoregion (Azores, Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Celtic Seas, Faroes, Greater North Sea, Icelandic Waters, Norwegian Sea and Oceanic Northeast Atlantic) and by gear type (Beam trawls, Bottom otter trawls, Bottom seines, Dredges, Pelagic trawls and seines, Static gears). Fishing effort data are only shown for vessels >12 m having vessel monitoring systems (VMS); ii) the average annual subsurface (top) and surface (bottom) mobile bottom contacting fishing gear (i.e. bottom otter trawls, bottom seines, dredges, beam trawls) disturbance by ecoregion in the Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Celtic Seas, Faroes, Greater North Sea, Icelandic Waters, Norwegian Sea and Oceanic Northeast Atlantic, expressed as average swept-area ratios (SAR). Due to data confidentiality issues, VMS/logbook data are anonymized and aggregated in a 0.05×0.05 degree grid prior to submission to ICES, using the C-squares geocode system (polygons). The last data loaded into the database, from the ICES 2024 Fishing Overview update or revision (where available), report the 2019-2022 averages. Historical data area also included in the database, starting from the 2020 fishing overview, and reporting the 2015-2018, 2017-2020, 2018-2021, and 2019-2020 averages.

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Date (Publication)
2020-02-26
Date (Revision)
2025-03-03
Date (Creation)
2020-02-16
Identifier
EMODnet_HA_Fisheries_Fishing_Intensity_20250303
Author
  Cogea srl
Resource provider
  ICES
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Agricultural and aquaculture facilities
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
  • Fisheries
GDI-Vlaanderen Trefwoorden
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This data was downloaded from the EMODnet Portal (https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/). The data originator is Cogea Srl.
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Economy
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Begin date
1950-01-01
End date
2016-12-31
Reference system identifier
EPSG:4326
Reference system identifier
ISO 19108 calendar
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Transfer size
0
OnLine resource
EMODnet Human Activities ( WWW:LINK )

EMODnet Human Activities aims to facilitate access to existing marine data on activities carried out in EU waters, by building a single entry point for geographic information on human uses of the ocean. The portal makes available information such as geographical position, spatial extent of a series of activities related to the sea, their temporal variation, time when data was provided, and attributes to indicate the intensity of each activity. The data are aggregated and presented so as to preserve personal privacy and commercially-sensitive information. The data also include a time interval so that historic as well as current activities can be included.

OnLine resource
EMODnet_HA_Fisheries_FishingIntensity_20250303.zip ( WWW:DOWNLOAD )

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OnLine resource
fishingbeamtrawls ( OGC:WMS )

Average MW Fishing hours: Beam trawls

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fishingbottomottertrawls ( OGC:WMS )

Average MW Fishing hours: Bottom otter trawls

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fishingbottomseines ( OGC:WMS )

Average MW Fishing hours: Bottom seines

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fishingdredges ( OGC:WMS )

Average MW Fishing hours: Dredges

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fishingpelagic ( OGC:WMS )

Average MW Fishing hours: Pelagic trawls and seines

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fishingstaticgears ( OGC:WMS )

Average MW Fishing hours: Static gears

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fishingsubsurface ( OGC:WMS )

Average Subsurface Swept Area Ratio

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fishingsurface ( OGC:WMS )

Average Surface Swept Area Ratio

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emodnet:fishingbeamtrawls ( OGC:WFS )

Average MW Fishing hours: Beam trawls

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emodnet:fishingbottomottertrawls ( OGC:WFS )

Average MW Fishing hours: Bottom otter trawls

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emodnet:fishingbottomseines ( OGC:WFS )

Average MW Fishing hours: Bottom seines

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emodnet:fishingdredges ( OGC:WFS )

Average MW Fishing hours: Dredges

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emodnet:fishingpelagic ( OGC:WFS )

Average MW Fishing hours: Pelagic trawls and seines

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emodnet:fishingstaticgears ( OGC:WFS )

Average MW Fishing hours: Static gears

OnLine resource
emodnet:fishingsubsurface ( OGC:WFS )

Average Subsurface Swept Area Ratio

OnLine resource
emodnet:fishingsurface ( OGC:WFS )

Average Surface Swept Area Ratio

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Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2008-12-04
Explanation
See the referenced specification

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2009-12-15
Explanation
See the referenced specification

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Statement
Validation and quality assurance remain up to primary data sources, e.g. ICES, while the harmonization is carried out by Cogea. For further information on validation and quality assurance, it is suggested that primary data sources are contacted. Generally speaking data are to be considered very reliable, because they come from the source officially in charge for their collection.The yearly Ecoregions ICES's data (shapefiles) on fishing intensity are harmonized, imported into a single geodatabase, organised in two different tables (Effort: Average MW fishing hours by gear type, SAR: Average surface and subsurface swept area ratio) and a single C-Squares feature class (polygons). The tables are related to the feature class via relationship classes (C-square field). Date fields have also been added. All information is pre-validated by ICES.
File identifier
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-09-03T10:24:16.11653Z
Metadata standard name
ISO19115
Metadata standard version
2003/Cor.1:2006
Point of contact
  Cogea srl
 
 

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GDI-Vlaanderen Trefwoorden
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