Fishing activities may be restricted from operating in certain areas to preserve the fishing stocks, protect sensible or declining species or even habitats. The fisheries closure layer shows where fishing is not allowed for one or more fleets.
This is a static but editable layer, the ecossytem simulation will take into account the areas where fisheries are not allowed. If the fisheries closure is not specific to a fishing fleet, all fishing fleets will be considered banned from the area.
Return to fishing.
The fisheries closure layer is only available in the North Sea Digitwin Edition and covers only the Dutch EEZ.
nationaalgeoregister retrieved from InformatieHuisMarien on 2021/11.
An overview of all areas closed for fishing in The Netherslands. These areas were gathered by informatiehuis marien from source documents and published via PDOK. The proposals were discussed in the High level Scheveningen group on 27 Feb 2019 and are now continuing the process.
Not available. Implemented in MSP Challenge on 2021/11/18.
Implemented as provided.
In the North Sea Digitwin Edition, this layer represents planned areas closed for fishing activities as provided by NZA. The data has been retrieved from Eur-Lex and was last updated in 2023-12.
In the Baltic Sea there are two fisheries closure data layers, one for all fleets and another one for cod. The layers are not visible in the menu but are taken into account in the ecossystem simulation.
Not applicable.
HELCOM
Fisheries closure and cod fisheries closure
Not available.
Not available. Implemented in MSP Challenge on 2017/10.
Implemented as retrieved.
This data layer is not available in the Clyde Marine Region Edition.
This data layer is not available in the Adriatic Sea Edition.
This layer is not present in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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