EMODnet Human Activities, Fisheries, Fish catches by FAO statistical area

The dataset on fish catches in the European waters by FAO statistical areas was created in 2015 by Cogea for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is the result of the aggregation of EUROSTAT's fish catches datasets fish_ca_atl 27, fish_ca_atl 34, fish_ca_atl 37, fish_ca_atl271, fish_ca_atl272, fish_ca_atl34_h and fish_ca_atl37_h. It is available for viewing and download on EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities ). EUROSTAT data have been related to FAO's georeferenced fishing areas (polygons) for statisticl purposes (FAO, 2020. FAO Statistical Areas for Fishery Purposes. In: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department). Tonnes live weight is provided for each fish species caught (3-alpha code and english or scientific name if the english one is not available), by EUMOFA's larger aggregations such as EUMOFA's Commodity Groups and Main Commercial Species (see 'Species_Eumofa_ASFIS_2023' table), by year of reference and country (code and name). The dataset is updated yearly and it covers a time series from 1950 to 2021, where available. Compared with the previous version this new one's schema have been updated.

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Date (Publication)
2015-01-16
Date (Revision)
2023-09-26
Date (Creation)
2015-01-16
Identifier
EMODnet_HA_Fish_Catches_20230926
Author
  Cogea Srl
Resource provider
  FAO
Resource provider
  EUROSTAT
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Agricultural and aquaculture facilities
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
  • fishery
Spatial representation type
Vector
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Economy
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Begin date
1950-01-01
End date
2016-12-31
Access constraints
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No limitations on public access
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Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Other constraints
This data was downloaded from the EMODnet Portal (https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/). The data originator is Cogea Srl.
Reference system identifier
EPSG:4326
Reference system identifier
ISO 19108 calendar
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_Fish_Catches_20230926.zip ( WWW:DOWNLOAD )

ZIP (File Geodatabase / Shapefile)

OnLine resource
majorcatches ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas (Major Area)

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divisioncatches ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas (Division Area)

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subareacatches ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas (Sub-area Area)

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subdivisioncatches ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas (Sub-division Area)

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subunitcatches ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas (Sub-unit Area)

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emodnet:majorcatches ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas (Major Area)

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emodnet:divisioncatches ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas (Division Area)

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emodnet:subareacatches ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas (Sub-area Area)

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emodnet:subdivisioncatches ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas (Sub-division Area)

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emodnet:subunitcatches ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas (Sub-unit Area)

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divisioncatchesbygroup ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Commodity Group (Division Area)

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majorcatchesbygroup ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Commodity Group (Major Area)

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subareacatchesbygroup ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Commodity Group (Sub-area Area)

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subdivisioncatchesbygroup ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Commodity Group (Sub-division Area)

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subunitcatchesbygroup ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Commodity Group (Sub-unit Area)

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divisioncatchesbycountry ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Country (Division Area)

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majorcatchesbycountry ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Country (Major Area)

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subareacatchesbycountry ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Country (Sub-area Area)

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subdivisioncatchesbycountry ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Country (Sub-division Area)

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subunitcatchesbycountry ( OGC:WMS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Country (Sub-unit Area)

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emodnet:divisioncatchesbygroup ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Commodity Group (Division Area)

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emodnet:majorcatchesbygroup ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Commodity Group (Major Area)

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emodnet:subareacatchesbygroup ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Commodity Group (Sub-area Area)

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emodnet:subunitcatchesbygroup ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Commodity Group (Sub-unit Area)

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emodnet:divisioncatchesbycountry ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Country (Division Area)

OnLine resource
emodnet:majorcatchesbycountry ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Country (Major Area)

OnLine resource
emodnet:subareacatchesbycountry ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Country (Sub-area Area)

OnLine resource
emodnet:subunitcatchesbycountry ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Country (Sub-unit Area)

OnLine resource
emodnet:subdivisioncatchesbycountry ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Country (Sub-division Area)

OnLine resource
emodnet:subdivisioncatchesbygroup ( OGC:WFS )

Fish Catches by FAO Fishery Statistical Areas and Commodity Group (Sub-division Area)

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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 the primary data sources, i.e. EUROSTAT and FAO. The aggregated EUROSTAT data on fish catches are related to the FAO statistical areas for fisheries purposes vector dataset using a one-to-many relationship class, through the values of their key fields 'FISHREG_FAO' (added to the EUROSAT dataset) and 'F_CODE'. In the EUROSTAT datasets some catches are not allocated to a specific fishing region (Not Known). For this reason in some cases it may be possible that the sum of sub-levels totals differs from the corresponding figure at the upper level of aggreagation. The area name has been added to the the geograhic data. The complete dataset is also available in CSV format.
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b0f7ef21-1b05-4874-8549-45981e9de345 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-09-03T09:36:02.496912Z
Metadata standard name
ISO19115
Metadata standard version
2003/Cor.1:2006
Point of contact
  Cogea Srl
 
 

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