HELCOM request on the production of spatial data layers of fishing intensity/pressure

ICES secretariat collected relevant VMS and logbook data to produce, as a technical service to HELCOM, updated spatial data layers on fishing intensity/pressure. Improved data quality control checks were implemented. Submitted data across the HELCOM area have improved in quality. Standardized methods were used to produce the requested data layers. Surface and subsurface abrasion maps for all gears used in the HELCOM area in 2016 are presented in the Annex. A link is provided for all requested data layers.

Document updated in 2019.