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Fishing Intensity (ICES)
Resource ID
fe46d862-3073-11ee-86b9-f63ed15a8b67
Title
Fishing Intensity (ICES)
Date
Jan. 23, 2020, midnight, Publication Date
Abstract
Spatial data layers of fishing intensity in 2017 by fishing method, produced by ICES as a technical service to OSPAR to identify pressure by gear type for surface and sub-surface abrasion. The swept area ratio (SAR), also known as fishing intensity, is the cumulative area contacted by a fishing gear within a grid cell over one year divided by the surface area of the grid cell. Fishing intensity has been identified from relevant VMS (Vessel Monitoring Systems) and logbook data. These data layers display estimates of surface and sub-surface SAR, aggregated by high-level gear types (beam trawl, dredge, demersal seine, otter trawl), and all gear types (i.e. total) making a total of 19 different metier (ie gear type) layers. Please refer to the ICES Technical Service document for further information: ICES. 2018. ICES Technical Service: OSPAR request on the production of spatial data layers of fishing intensity/pressure. In Report of the ICES Advisory Committee, 2019, sr.2018.14. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.4508 Note that caveats described within the technical service document apply when interpreting these maps. Source: International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
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Responsible
Hishiv.Shah
Point of Contact
Shah
hishiv.shah@gov.wales
Purpose
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Maintenance Frequency
None
Type
not filled
Restrictions
None
License
Not Specified
Language
en
Temporal Extent
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Supplemental Information
Data Quality
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Extent
  • x0: -7.05
  • x1: -3.45
  • y0: 50.9
  • y1: 54.0
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:4326
Keywords
no keywords
Category
Oceans
Regions
Global