Published April 8, 2025 | Version v2
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Benthic assessment of fishing impacts from mobile bottom-contacting fishing gear in EU waters

Creators

  • 1. ROR icon Technical University of Denmark
  • 2. ROR icon Marine Institute
  • 3. University of Bologna
  • 4. ROR icon Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • 5. Instituto Español de Oceanografía Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz
  • 6. ROR icon Instituut voor Landbouw en Visserijonderzoek
  • 7. ILVO (Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)
  • 8. Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fishery and Food: Oostende, BE
  • 9. ROR icon CoNISMa
  • 10. ROR icon University of Palermo
  • 11. Polytechnic University of Marche
  • 12. Instituto Español de Oceanografía
  • 13. IFREMER
  • 14. ROR icon Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
  • 15. ROR icon University of Bari Aldo Moro
  • 16. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Via lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521, Palermo, 90149
  • 17. NBFC - National Biodiversity Future Centre, University of Palermo, Piazza Marina, 61 - 90133 Palermo
  • 18. ROR icon European Commission
  • 19. ISPRA - Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
  • 20. Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Dipartimento di Biologia
  • 21. ROR icon University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • 22. ROR icon National Research Council
  • 23. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Edificio 16
  • 24. ROR icon Heriot-Watt University
  • 25. COISPA Tecnologia&Ricerca
  • 26. ROR icon Institute of Oceanology
  • 27. ROR icon International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
  • 28. Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Institut for Akvatiske Ressourcer
  • 29. COISPA Tecnologia & Ricerca
  • 30. Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fishery and Food
  • 31. School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge LL59 5AB, United Kingdom

Description

Collated data used for the assessment of benthic impacts from mobile bottom-contacting fishing gears in EU waters. The scripts used for the analyses are available on: https://github.com/ices-eg/FBIT.git

Please contact Daniel van Denderen (pdvd@aqua.dtu.dk) for any questions/comments on the data product. 

Data folders are: 

  • Fishing intensity (0.05 x 0.05 grid cell) 
  • Benthic sensitivity (0.05 x 0.05 grid cell) 
  • MSFD habitat and depth (0.05 x 0.05 grid cell) 
  • Benthic state (0.05 x 0.05 grid cell) 
  • Fractional biomass by longevity class (sampling station)

 

Fishing intensity data for 0.05 x 0.05 grid cell used in the risk assessment analysis

Region

Archived here

Note

Bulgarian EEZ

Yes

  

Greek EEZ

Yes

Positional information is removed; areal extent of fishing per habitat type can be estimated.

Italian EEZ

Yes

Primary source of AIS data DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15001436

French Med. EEZ

Yes

Primary source DOI: 10.12770/ec189ce9-05bd-4580-b5f3-4851e9f31df0

Spanish Med. EEZ

No

Please contact Maria Teresa Farriols Garau (mt.farriols@ieo.csic.es)

NE Atlantic

Yes

Primary source DOI: 10.17895/ices.data.8294

Baltic Sea

Yes

Primary source DOI: 10.17895/ices.data.20310255.v1

 

Benthic sensitivity data for 0.05 x 0.05 grid cell used in the risk assessment analysis

Region

Archived here

Note

Bulgarian EEZ

Yes

  

Greek EEZ

Yes

  

Italian EEZ

Partly

Data of the Italian west coast is not included. Please contact Tomasso Russo (tommaso.russo@uniroma2.it) for these. 

Primary source for Adriatic Sea/Western Ionian Sea is DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15001436

French Med. EEZ

Yes

  

Spanish Med. EEZ

No

 Please contact Maria Teresa Farriols Garau (mt.farriols@ieo.csic.es)

NE Atlantic

Yes

  

Baltic Sea

Yes

  

 

Dominant MSFD habitat type and mean depth by 0.05 x 0.05 grid cell used in the risk assessment analysis.

Region

Archived here

Note

All regions

Yes

 Primary open access source is EMODnet EUSeamap (2021) and EMODnet Digital Bathymetry (2018) 

 

Predicted benthic state (PDtot and PDsen) by 0.05 x 0.05 grid cell

Region

Archived here

Note

Bulgarian EEZ

Yes

  

Greek EEZ

Yes

  

Italian EEZ

Partly

Data of the Italian west coast is not included. Please contact Tomasso Russo (tommaso.russo@uniroma2.it) for these. 

Primary source for Adriatic Sea/Western Ionian Sea is DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15001436

French Med. EEZ

Yes

  

Spanish Med. EEZ

No

 Please contact Maria Teresa Farriols Garau (mt.farriols@ieo.csic.es)

NE Atlantic

Yes

  

Baltic Sea

Yes

  

 

Fractional biomass by longevity class for each sample with environmental data by sampling location used as input to the statistical models. Each row corresponds to a statistical model.

Region

Archived here

Note

Bulgarian EEZ

Yes

 
Greek EEZ Yes Positional information is removed; statistical model can be performed
North/Central Adriatic Yes  
Adriatic Sea/Western Ionian Sea No Partly restricted use for ongoing research project  - please contact Walter Zupa zupa@fondazionecoispa.org
Sicily     No Partly restricted use for ongoing research project  - please contact mariacristina.mangano@szn.it
Italy west coast No Please contact Tomasso Russo (tommaso.russo@uniroma2.it)
French Med. EEZ Yes  
Spanish Med. EEZ No Please contact Maria Teresa Farriols Garau (mt.farriols@ieo.csic.es)
Gulf of Cadiz No Please contact Marina Delgado (marina.delgado@ieo.csic.es)
Portugal EEZ Yes  
North Iberia / Bay of Biscay / Celtic Sea Yes  
Irish Sea, Bristol Channel, Celtic Sea North Yes  
North Sea & Channel, including Skagerrak and shallow northwest Scotland (grab) Partly All data included except for the Danish and Swedish EEZs, which have partly restricted use for ongoing research projects. Please contact: Mattias sköld mattias.skold@slu.se and Grete Dinesen dine@dtu.dk
North Sea (trawl) Yes  
Baltic Sea, including Kattegat Yes  

 

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