OSPAR Bottom Fishing Intensity - Subsurface - 2014
Data and Resources
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Last Updated | August 9, 2017, 15:48 (UTC) |
| Created | August 9, 2017, 15:48 (UTC) |
| lina.roeschel@ecologic.eu | |
| Language | Eng |
| Abstract | ICES Advice Request: OSPAR request on mapping of bottom fishing intensity using VMS data. |
| Resource type | Spatial dataset |
| Spatial representation type | vector |
| License | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Classification | Oceans |
| Creation date | 2014-12-31 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-27 |
| Free keywords | fishing, OSPAR, subsurface |
| Temporal start date | 2014-01-01 |
| Temporal end date | 2014-12-31 |
| Lineage | Data Quality: The ICES recommended analysis requires the use of both VMS and logbook data to estimate the hours fished by each gear type per 0.05 × 0.05 degree grid cell (based on the ‘C-square’ coding system) per year. The gear–seabed interaction takes place at the scale of a fishing gear (e.g. metres). Although benthic features may occur at this scale, fishers deploy their gears at a scale of kilometres (e.g. length of the trawl track). The 0.05 × 0.05 degree grid cell is an appropriate scale to quantify the gear–seabed interaction. At this scale, several fisheries have been shown to be randomly distributed. The recommended annual temporal scale is based on the scale of recovery times of many parts of the benthos. All activities by fishing vessels other than active towing of gear should be excluded from the data. There are several techniques for excluding such activities; those handling the data should choose the technique that is most appropriate for the fishery concerned. |
| Responsible party | OSPAR Commission |
| Responsible party email | secretariat@ospar.org |
| Responsible party role | Owner |
| Related publications | OSPAR Bottom Fishing Intensity 2014 - OSPAR request on mapping of bottom fishing intensity using VMS data https://odims.ospar.org/documents/803 OSPAR Bottom Fishing Intensity 2014 - Data caveats https://odims.ospar.org/documents/804 |
| Limitations on public use | No restrictions/limitations |
| Projections | WGS 84 -- EPSG-4326 |
| Spatial extent - North | 81.75 |
| Spatial extent - South | 36 |
| Spatial extent - East | 49.2 |
| Spatial extent - West | -40.9 |