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 (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