Cod Fisheries Closure

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Cod Fisheries Closure

Layer Info
Category	Ecology
Sub-category	Protected areas

Description

Cod Fisheries Closure depicts areas where fleets that catch cod are not allowed to fish in.

MSP Challenge

Cod fisheries closure is a status layer that contributes for the protection agains the fleets that target cod, this can be different per edition (region) of the MSP Challenge.

Return to protected areas.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge North Sea Edition.

This layer is not visible but contributes to the protected areas:

• Protection Passive Demersal
• Protection Active Demersal

Further, protected areas can be implemented using the "Marine Protected Areas" layer.

Types

None.

Metadata

Data Source

Helcom

Original Title

Cod fisheries closures

Description

"EC Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 of 18 September 2007 establishing a multiannual plan for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks (amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 779/97). According to Article 9 of the regulation: 1. It shall be prohibited to conduct any fishing activity from 1 May to 31 October within the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system: (a) Area 1: . 55 45 N, 15 30 E . 55 45 N, 16 30 E . 55 00 N, 16 30 E . 55 00 N, 16 00 E . 55 15 N, 16 00 E . 55 15 N, 15 30 E . 55 45 N, 15 30 E (b) Area 2: . 55 00 N, 19 14 E . 54 48 N, 19 20 E . 54 45 N, 19 19 E . 54 45 N, 18 55 E . 55 00 N, 19 14 E (c) Area 3: . 56 13 N, 18 27 E . 56 13 N, 19 31 E . 55 59 N, 19 13 E . 56 03 N, 19 06 E . 56 00 N, 18 51 E . 55 47 N, 18 57 E . 55 30 N, 18 34 E . 56 13 N, 18 27 E 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, fishing with gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets of a mesh size equal to or larger than 157 mm or with drifting lines shall be permitted. No other gear shall be kept on board. 3. When fishing with any of the gear types defined in paragraph 2, no cod shall be retained on board." Retrieved from Helcom on 2022-11-21.

Creation Date

Not available. Retrieved in 2017/10.

Methodology

The data layer was implemented as is.

Western Baltic Sea

The Cod Fisheries Closure layer in the Western Baltic Sea Edition remains consistent with that featured in the Baltic Sea edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Adriatic Sea Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Eastern Mediterranean Sea Edition.