Fishing Intensity

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Fishing Intensity

File:Layer Fishing Intensity.png
Layer Info
Category	Activities
Sub-category	Fishing

Description

Fishing effort represents the effort made by fishing fleets to catch one or more target species. This can be measured, for instance, by the time spent at sea by fishing boats. A high fishing effort does not always result in high ammounts of catch; the catch depends both on the effort by the fishing fleet and the density (quantity per unit area) of the target species .

MSP Challenge

In the MSP Challenge the fishing intensity is a static layer.

Return to fishing.

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the North Sea Edition.

Return to fishing.

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Baltic Sea Edition.

Return to fishing.

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Return to fishing.

In the Adriatic Sea the fishing intensity is shown in hours per year.

Types

• 0 - 50 hours
• 50 - 100 hours
• 100 - 500 hours
• 500 - 1000 hours
• 1000 - 2000 hours
• > 2000 hours

Metadata

Data Source

Italy:

MIPAAF

Original Title

Not available.

Description

Average hours in years 2016-2018.

Creation Date

Not available.

Methodology

The layer was implemented in the MSP Challenge as provided by the project partner (CNR-ISMAR).

Return to fishing.

Not applicable.

This layer is not present in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.