MEFEPO North Western Waters Atlas 2nd Edition

The MEFEPO (Making the European Fisheries Ecosystem Plan Operational) project 2nd Edition was made up of a group of ecologists, economists, management experts and fisheries scientists who are trying to make ecosystem based fisheries management (EBFM) a reality in Europe. EBFM seeks to support the three pillars of sustainability’ (ecological, social and economic).The North Western Waters (NWW) area is situated in the north east Atlantic off the west coast of Ireland and Scotland, and extends into the Celtic Sea, Irish Sea and the English Channel. The NWW covers approximately 1.15 million km2 and comprises 12 ICES Divisions and three OSPAR regions. Parts of the EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) of three countries (UK, Ireland and France) make up NWW. The majority of the NWW area is composed of water less than 100m deep (20%), while 17% lies between 100m and 200m (17%) and 20% between 1,000m and 1,500m. The MEFEPO Atlas project commenced in 2009 and was completed in 2011. The North Western Waters Atlas collected and produced data maps and text on area and depth, climate, water movements, sea temperature, sea floor habitat, contaminants and nutrients, plankton, nutrients, marine reptiles, seabirds, marine mammals, protected areas and fishing restrictions, elasmobranches, fishing activities and mariculture. The MEFEPO Atlas produced to support ecosystem approach in fisheries science. The MEFEPO Atlas produced by University of Liverpool (UK), Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar (Portugal), Wageningen IMARES (Netherlands), Université de Bretange Occidentale (France), Marine Institute (Ireland), University of Tromsø (Norway), CEFAS (UK), Institute for Fisheries Management (Denmark), Universidad dos Acores (Portugal) and Instituto Espanol de Oceanografía (Spain). Atlas maps completed for edition published.
 
Citation proposal
(2011) . MEFEPO North Western Waters Atlas 2nd Edition. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/df9b1c0c-1572-4977-b5c4-e815c4e0b0c0

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Alternate title
MEFEPO North Western Waters Atlas 2nd Edition
Date ( Creation )
2011-08-31T00:00:00
Date ( Publication )
2011-08-31T11:19:00
Date ( Revision )
2017-12-13T00:00:00
Identifier
INSPIRE UUID / SD.SDD.IE.MI.FEAS.MEFEPO.2011 / 1.0
Purpose
To show how an ecosystem approach to fisheries can be made operational within three major European regions by identifying the management objectives, and the operational strategies required to achieve those objectives, using economic, social and ecological approaches. To evaluate the different modes of fisheries governance, and their combinations, and their implications on the development of the institutional frameworks used to manage the fisheries to provide a transitional framework towards a mature ecosystem approach to fisheries management. To develop operational FEPs for three major European marine regions targeted at an audience of non-scientists with managerial, policy and RAC roles, and which provides a vision of an mature ecosystem approach and a description of how it can be delivered.
Status
Completed

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  +353-91-387201 
Maintenance and update frequency
Irregular
GemetInspireTheme ( Theme )
  • Species distribution
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.0.1, 28 Jun 2017 ( Discipline )
  • biology, life science
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.0.1, 28 Jun 2017 ( Theme )
  • fish, fish stock, fishing, fishing ground, fisheries management, fishery resource
British Oceanographic Data Centre - IHB Sea Areas ( Place )
  • Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, North-East Atlantic Ocean, Celtic Sea, Irish Sea and Saint Georges Channel
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.0.1, 28 Jun 2017 ( Stratum )
  • hydrosphere
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Creative Commons licence conditions apply
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Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
50000
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
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-3000
Maximum value
-1

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Supplemental Information
Pdf Atlas report with spatial shapefile data and excel spreadsheet data.
Reference system identifier
EPSG URI / https://epsg.io/4326

 

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EPSG
Date ( Publication )
2009-11-25

Distribution format
  • PDF, Esri shapefile (V7, v10 )

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  +353-91-387201 
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Conformance result

Alternate title
INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
Date ( Publication )
2013-12-10
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
false

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
false
Statement
Report produced by MEFEPO project. Open shapefiles from report provided with download.

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Metadata language
English
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Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2018-01-25T15:24:40
Metadata standard name
ISDI Metadata Profile
Metadata standard version
1.2

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