ICES Rectangles

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

ICES Rectangles

Layer Info
Category	Management
Sub-category	Governance
Editable	No

Description

International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) standardise the division of sea areas for statistical analysis. Each ICES statistical rectangle is '30 min latitude by 1 degree longitude' in size which is approximately 30 nautical miles by 30 nautical miles (Because the Earth is a spheroid shape, the area of an ICES rectangle will vary by latitude).

Retrived from Marine Scotland on 2022/01/25.

MSP Challenge

The ICES rectangles are only used for reference. In case there are specialists in Biology or Fisheries in a session, this layer can help to reference an area while discussing (future) plans. This layer is only present in the North Sea Edition.

IN THIS TAB SPECIFIC NORTH SEA CONTENT IS PLACED

Types

Not applicable. This datalayer does not have types.

Metadata

Data Source

ICES

Original Title

​ICES statistical rectangles (StatRecs)

Description

ICES statistical rectangles provide a grid covering the area between 36°N and 85°30'N and 44°W and 68°30'E.

Creation Date

NA

Methodology

The data layer was reprojected to Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area (EPSG:3035) and clipped to the North Sea area.

IN THIS TAB SPECIFIC BALTIC SEA CONTENT IS PLACED NA. This layer is not present in the Baltic Sea edition.

Types

NA

Metadata

NA

Data Source

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IN THIS TAB SPECIFIC CLYDE MARINE REGION CONTENT IS PLACED NA. This layer is not present in the Clyde Marine Region edition.

Types

NA. This layer is not present in the Clyde Marine Region edition.

Metadata

NA. This layer is not present in the Clyde Marine Region edition.

Data Source

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IN THIS TAB SPECIFIC ADRIATIC SEA CONTENT IS PLACED NA. This layer is not present in the Adriatic Sea edition.

Types

NA. This layer is not present in the Adriatic Sea edition.

Metadata

NA. This layer is not present in the Adriatic Sea edition.

Data Source

Original Title

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Description

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Creation Date

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Methodology

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