Fisheries Biologically Sensitive Area

The Biologically Sensitive Area sets out the criteria and procedures for a system relating to the management of fishing effort in waters around Ireland that are considered biologically sensitive. A specific effort regime shall apply to the area enclosed by the coast of Ireland to the south of 53° 30' N and to the west of 07° 00' W and straight lines sequentially joining the following geographical coordinates: - a point on the coast of Ireland at latitude 53° 30; N, latitude 53° 30 N, longitude 12° 00 W, latitude 53° 00 N, longitude 12° 00 W, latitude 51° 00 N, longitude 11° 00 W, latitude 49° 30 N, longitude 11° 00 W and latitude 49° 30 N, longitude 07° 00 W. A point on the coast of Ireland at longitude 07° 00 W. An area to the South and West of Ireland has been identified as an area of high concentration of juvenile hake. This area has been made subject to special restrictions on the use of demersal gear. For the same conservation purpose it should also be subject to specific effort limitation requirements within the general system described above. A review of these requirements by December 2008 would allow the Council to reassess the situation. Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources and modifying Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 685/95 and (EC) No 2027/95. The area covered by this designation includes the south coast of Ireland in the Celtic Sea from Waterford to Mizen Head and the south-west coast of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean from Mizen Head to Galway Bay. In 2003 the EU Commission established a Biologically Sensitive Area (BSA); off the south west of Ireland. Area designated via fisheries science research information. Area has been designated as a protected site for fishing effort monitoring. The Biologically Sensitive Area has been created by the European Council directive. Area 100% designated a protected site for biological sensitivity.
 
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(2003) . Fisheries Biologically Sensitive Area. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8d43a523-ac83-4e48-b951-d27b268911b2

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Alternate title
Fisheries Species Biologically Sensitive Area Celtic Seas around Ireland
Date ( Creation )
2003-11-04T00:00:00
Date ( Publication )
2003-11-04T11:00:00
Date ( Revision )
2017-12-12T11:00:00
Identifier
INSPIRE UUID / PS.ProtectedSite.IE.MarineInstitute.BiologicallySensitiveArea / 1.0
Purpose
Biological protection zone designation for fisheries effort.
Status
Completed

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  +353-91-387201 
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GemetInspireTheme ( Theme )
  • Protected sites
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.0.1, 28 Jun 2017 ( Discipline )
  • biology, life science, geography, science
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.0.1, 28 Jun 2017 ( Theme )
  • marine conservation area, conservation of species, fish, species
British Oceanographic Data Centre - IHB Sea Areas ( Place )
  • Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, North-East Atlantic Ocean, Celtic Sea
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.0.1, 28 Jun 2017 ( Stratum )
  • hydrosphere
Keywords
  • SIMAtlantic
Use limitation
Creative Commons licence conditions apply
Use limitation
Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0
Access constraints
License
Use constraints
License
Other constraints
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
50000
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Environment
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S
E
W


Vertical extent

Minimum value
-200
Maximum value
-1

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Supplemental Information
Polygon dataset of fisheries protected site.
Reference system identifier
EPSG URI / https://epsg.io/4326

 

Alternate title
EPSG
Date ( Publication )
2009-11-25

Distribution format
  • Shapefile, CSV, KML, WMS, WFS, JSON, GML (10.x, RFC 4180, 2.0, 1.3.0, 2.0, 4.0, INSPIRE 3.0 )

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  +353-91-387201 
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Dataset

Conformance result

Alternate title
INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
Date ( Publication )
2014-04-17
Explanation
The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
Pass
true

Conformance result

Alternate title
INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Pass
true
Statement
Data created from combination of data describing the BSA and the coastline. Quality of dataset based on defined zone. Contact MI for more details.

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File identifier
8d43a523-ac83-4e48-b951-d27b268911b2   XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2020-11-04T16:35:55
Metadata standard name
ISDI Metadata Profile
Metadata standard version
1.2

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