Fishing Priority Areas

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Fishing Priority Areas

File:Fishing Priority.jpg
Layer Info
Category	Human Activities
Sub-category	Fishing
Editable	Yes

Description

Fishing priority areas are designated areas where fishing activities should be prioritised against other uses.

MSP Challenge

Fishing priority areas are polygons, i.e., geometric shapes that you can create, edit or remove when making a plan. They do not contribute to any pressures on the ecosystem, as their existence does not mean that fishing activities take place there.

Return to fishing.

Placement Restrictions

The placement restrictions decide whether the overlap of spatial elements causes:

Errors - Impossible to place these layers on top of each other due to physical limitations.

Warnings - Warn users that issues could rise from their plan, but won't stop the placement.

	Error	Warning
Oil and gas platform		x
Pipelines		x
Wind farms		x
Tidal farms		x
Wave farms		x
Military areas		x
Telecom cables		x
Energy cables		x
Shipping intensity		x
Fisheries closure	x
Marine Protected Areas		x

Types

None

Metadata

Not applicable; this layer exists just for planning purposes.

Not applicable; this layer is not available in the Baltic Sea Edition.

Not applicable; this layer is not available in the Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Not applicable; this layer is not available in the Adriatic Sea Edition.

Not applicable; this layer is not available in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea Edition.