Fisheries Closure

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Fisheries Closure

File:Layer Fisheries Closure.png
Layer Info
Category	Ecology
Sub-category	Protected areas

Description

Fisheries closure depict areas where fishing is not allowed.

MSP Challenge

Fisheries closure contribute for all protection areas calculated by the system:

• No Industrial Trawl Fishing
• No Bottom Trawl Fishing

• No Nets Fishing
• Protection Active Demersal

• Protection Passive Demersal
• Protection Pelagic
• Protection Seine
• Protection Nephrops Fleet
• Protection Scallop Fleet
• Protection Pots and Creels

Note that fisheries closure is not available in all editions of the MSP Challenge nor are all the protection types mentioned above.

Return to protected areas

This layer only exists in the NorthSea Digitwin edition for planning purposes (the layer is empty).

Types

Not applicable. There are no types.

Metadata

Not applicable. This is an empty layer for planning purposes only.

Types

Not applicable. There are no types.

Metadata

Data Source

Helcom

Original Title

Fisheries closure.

Description

"The area closed for fishing has been drawn according to EC Council Regulation No 2187/2005 of 21 December 2005 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound." Retrieved from HELCOM on 2022-11-21.

Creation Date

Not available. Retrieved in 2017/10.

Methodology

The data layer was implemented as is.

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.