d57fbdea-489e-4e11-9ff1-f0f706cfe783 English Cogea srl luigi.falco@bip-group.com 2026-05-13T10:54:38.606531Z ISO19115 2003/Cor.1:2006 EPSG:4326 ISO 19108 calendar EMODnet Human Activities, Fisheries, Fishing Intensity 2020-02-26 2026-04-24 2020-02-16 EMODnet_HA_Fisheries_FishingIntensity_20260424 The datasets on fishing intensity in the EU waters by sea basin are created every year by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). In the 2020 Cogea started to collect and harmonize them according to the EMOdnet Human Activities dataset schema. The EMODnet dataset is updated yearly, as soon as new data from ICES Fishing Overviews are released, and is available for viewing and download on the EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). Where and when available, the fisheries overview fishing intensity data concern: i) the spatial distribution of average annual fishing effort (mW fishing hours) by ecoregion (Azores, Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Celtic Seas, Faroes, Greater North Sea, Icelandic Waters, Norwegian Sea and Oceanic Northeast Atlantic) and by gear type (Beam trawls, Bottom otter trawls, Bottom seines, Dredges, Pelagic trawls and seines, Static gears). Fishing effort data are only shown for vessels >12 m having vessel monitoring systems (VMS); ii) the average annual subsurface (top) and surface (bottom) mobile bottom contacting fishing gear (i.e. bottom otter trawls, bottom seines, dredges, beam trawls) disturbance by ecoregion in the Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Celtic Seas, Faroes, Greater North Sea, Icelandic Waters, Norwegian Sea and Oceanic Northeast Atlantic, expressed as average swept-area ratios (SAR). Due to data confidentiality issues, VMS/logbook data are anonymized and aggregated in a 0.05×0.05 degree grid prior to submission to ICES, using the C-squares geocode system (polygons). The last data loaded into the database, from the ICES 2025 Fishing Overview update or revision (where available), report the 2021-2024 averages. Historical data area also included in the database, starting from the 2020 fishing overview, and reporting the 2015-2018, 2017-2020, 2018-2021, 2019-2020 and 2019-2022 averages. Cogea srl luigi.falco@bip-group.com ICES info@ices.dk https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/d57fbdea-489e-4e11-9ff1-f0f706cfe783/attachments/fishingintensity2.jpg Agricultural and aquaculture facilities GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 Fisheries GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4 2010-01-13 Metadata GDI-Vl-conform GDI-Vlaanderen Trefwoorden 2014-02-26 English economy -43.0500000001998 56.9499999996004 36.0000000001 81.6999999996004 1950-01-01 2016-12-31 No limitations on public access Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This data was downloaded from the EMODnet Portal (https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/). The data originator is Cogea Srl. 0 https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities WWW:LINK EMODnet Human Activities 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. https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/d57fbdea-489e-4e11-9ff1-f0f706cfe783/attachments/EMODnet_HA_Fisheries_FishingIntensity_20260424.zip WWW:DOWNLOAD EMODnet_HA_Fisheries_FishingIntensity_20260424.zip ZIP (File Geodatabase) https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? OGC:WMS fishingbeamtrawls Average MW Fishing hours: Beam trawls https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? OGC:WMS fishingbottomottertrawls Average MW Fishing hours: Bottom otter trawls https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? OGC:WMS fishingbottomseines Average MW Fishing hours: Bottom seines https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? OGC:WMS fishingdredges Average MW Fishing hours: Dredges https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? OGC:WMS fishingpelagic Average MW Fishing hours: Pelagic trawls and seines https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? OGC:WMS fishingstaticgears Average MW Fishing hours: Static gears https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? OGC:WMS fishingsubsurface Average Subsurface Swept Area Ratio https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? OGC:WMS fishingsurface Average Surface Swept Area Ratio https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs? OGC:WFS emodnet:fishingbeamtrawls Average MW Fishing hours: Beam trawls https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs? OGC:WFS emodnet:fishingbottomottertrawls Average MW Fishing hours: Bottom otter trawls https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs? OGC:WFS emodnet:fishingbottomseines Average MW Fishing hours: Bottom seines https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs? OGC:WFS emodnet:fishingdredges Average MW Fishing hours: Dredges https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs? OGC:WFS emodnet:fishingpelagic Average MW Fishing hours: Pelagic trawls and seines https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs? OGC:WFS emodnet:fishingstaticgears Average MW Fishing hours: Static gears https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs? OGC:WFS emodnet:fishingsubsurface Average Subsurface Swept Area Ratio https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs? OGC:WFS emodnet:fishingsurface Average Surface Swept Area Ratio Esri geodatabase gco:nilReason="unknown"> Esri shapefile gco:nilReason="unknown"> COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata 2008-12-04 See the referenced specification Corrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation published in the Official Journal of the European Union, L 328, page 83 2009-12-15 See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 See the referenced specification Validation and quality assurance remain up to primary data sources, e.g. ICES, while the harmonization is carried out by Cogea. For further information on validation and quality assurance, it is suggested that primary data sources are contacted. Generally speaking data are to be considered very reliable, because they come from the source officially in charge for their collection.The yearly Ecoregions ICES's data (shapefiles) on fishing intensity are harmonized, imported into a single geodatabase, organised in two different tables (Effort: Average MW fishing hours by gear type, SAR: Average surface and subsurface swept area ratio) and a single C-Squares feature class (polygons). The tables are related to the feature class via relationship classes (C-square field). Date fields have also been added. All information is pre-validated by ICES.