Acoustic Trawl Surveys: Processed Acoustic and Biotic data collected on acoustic trawl surveys in the Northeast Atlantic

This document focusses on the data flow into the ICES Acoustic Trawl data portal and database which host processed acoustic and biotic data collected on acoustic trawl surveys in the Northeast Atlantic and Baltic sea. The data hosted at ICES are collected primarily by research institutions within ICES member countries. Data submission deadlines for the individual surveys are related to the advice process. There is no dedicated data call for the submission of these data, data submission deadlines are set by the ICES survey coordination groups in dialogue with the ICES assessment and benchmark groups who are the main users of these data.