Benthic assessment of fishing impacts from mobile bottom-contacting fishing gear in EU waters

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 ([e-mail]) 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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail]) 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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail]) 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 ([e-mail])

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 [e-mail]

Sicily    
?

Italy west coast
No
Please contact Tomasso Russo ([e-mail])

French Med. EEZ
Yes

Spanish Med. EEZ
No
Please contact Maria Teresa Farriols Garau ([e-mail])

Gulf of Cadiz
No
Please contact Marina Delgado ([e-mail])

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 [e-mail] and Grete Dinesen [e-mail]

North Sea (trawl)
Yes

Baltic Sea, including Kattegat
Yes