OSPAR request to generate swept-area and abundance index outputs for all otter and beam trawl surveys in the Northeast Atlantic and regional seas based on DATRAS data as input to OSPAR common indicator
ICES considers that the online database of scientific trawl surveys contained in DATRAS is a valuable resource and advises that it be used in biodiversity assessments and for the calculation of OSPAR common indicators FC1, FC2, FC3, and FW3 for the QSR 20.
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ICES Advice: Special requests
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Recommended citation
ICES. 2021. OSPAR request to generate swept-area and abundance index outputs for all otter and beam trawl surveys in the Northeast Atlantic and regional seas based on DATRAS data as input to OSPAR common indicator. In Report of the ICES Advisory Committee, 2021. ICES Advice 2021, sr.2021.10