DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15167213
title: Benthic assessment of fishing impacts from mobile bottom-contacting fishing gear in EU waters

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