Seafloor litter - Trawls locations 2006/2022 v2023 ... : sl_surveyslocations ...

• Main Author: Ifremer, VIGIES Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and MonitoringIFREMER, SISMER, Scientific Information Systems for the SEA
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ifremer, VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring)IFREMER, SISMER, Scientific Information Systems for the SEA 2023
• Subjects: /Human Activities/Pollution; Oceanographic geographical features; Sea-floor litter abundance; Litter abundance and type; Black Sea; Northeast Atlantic Ocean 40W; Baltic Sea; Arctic Ocean; North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; EMODnet Chemistry; sediment; Marine litter; Data; Celtic Seas; WP4 Benthic Mapping; /Environment/Pollution; Spatial data products; Arctic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13120/966077e6-9d81-40d1-bcf8-474f01177387; https://sextant.ifremer.fr/documentation/emodnet_chemistry/api/catalogue.html#/metadata/966077e6-9d81-40d1-bcf8-474f01177387

This visualization product displays the location of all the surveys present in the EMODnet marine litter database (MLDB). The different fishing gears used are represented by different colors. EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of seafloor litter collected by international fish-trawl surveys have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols (OSPAR and MEDITS protocols) and reference lists used on a European scale. Moreover, within the same protocol, different gear types are deployed during fishing bottom trawl surveys. Unlike other EMODnet seafloor litter products, all trawls surveyed since 2006 are included in this map even if the wingspread and/or the distance are unknown. Only surveys with an unknown number of items were excluded from this product. More ...