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Raja clavata and Scyliorhinus canicula abundance dataset supporting the 2024 Belgian MSFD assessment of D1C2

This dataset is part of the 2024 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 1, criterion 2. It originates from the ICES DATRAS (Database of Trawl Surveys), which compiles standardised bottom trawl survey data collected from various European waters; for this indicator, the Belgian Beam Trawl Survey (BTS) data from the North Sea were used. The dataset includes species abundance, length and age distributions, catch per unit effort, and environmental parameters, providing key insights on the population abundance of thornback ray (Raja clavata) and lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) for stock assessment and fisheries management.

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Date (Création)
2025-02-13
Date (Révision)
2026-09-14
Date (Publication)
2026-09-15
Date (Création)
2016-05-19
Code
https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2923
Identificateur
http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:2923

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Autres informations de référence
This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Datras trawl data for Lesser-spotted dogfish and Thornback ray. (2) Lesser spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula in Subarea 4 and divisions 3 a and 7 d North Sea Skagerrak and Kattegat eastern English Channel Dataset from ICES. (3) Jade Maes (n.d.). Population abundance: individual number of lesser-spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula Report MSFD 2024. (4) Jade Maes (n.d.). Population abundance: individual number of thornback rays Raja clavata Report MSFD 2024. (5) Thornback ray Raja clavata in Subarea 4 and in divisions 3 a and 7 d North Sea Skagerrak Kattegat and eastern English Channel Dataset from ICES.
Gestionnaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
Propriétaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Editeur (publication)
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.naturalsciences.be
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Caractéristiques géographiques océanographiques
Mots clés
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Reporting INSPIRE
  • Gouvernement Fédéral
European Legislation Identifier
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance)
Marine Regions
  • Belgian part of the North Sea
  • Greater North Sea, incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
  • marine monitoring
  • Marine Strategy Framework Directive
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
  • Directive 2008/56/EC
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
  • Biological diversity maintained
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
  • Environment
INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts
  • Oceanographic Geographical Features
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
  • Nationaal
High-value dataset categories
  • Earth observation and environment
Eionet Central Data Repository
  • (Criteria) D1C2 - Population abundance
Contraintes d'utilisation
Autres restrictions
Autres contraintes
No conditions apply to access and use
Autres contraintes
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Contraintes d'accès
Autres restrictions
Autres contraintes
Pas de restrictions concernant l'accès public.
Limitation d'utilisation
Aucune condition ne s'applique à l'utilisation.
Restrictions de manipulation
Non classifié
Type de représentation spatiale
Tabulaire
Langue
English
Catégorie ISO
  • Océans
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gml32:beginPosition
2020-01-01
Nom du système de référence
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
Format (encodage)
  • text/html ( Unknown )

  • text/csv ( Unknown )

Distributeur

Gestionnaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
Nom
text/html
Version
Unknown
Ressource en ligne
Lesser spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula in Subarea 4 and divisions 3 a and 7 d North Sea Skagerrak and Kattegat eastern English Channel Dataset from ICES ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An HTTP link to download

Distributeur

Gestionnaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
Nom
text/html
Version
Unknown
Ressource en ligne
Thornback ray Raja clavata in Subarea 4 and in divisions 3 a and 7 d North Sea Skagerrak Kattegat and eastern English Channel Dataset from ICES ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An HTTP link to download

Distributeur

Gestionnaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
Version
Unknown
Taille de transfert
0.583469
Ressource en ligne
Population abundance: individual number of thornback rays Raja clavata Report MSFD 2024. Jade Maes ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An HTTP link to view information

Distributeur

Gestionnaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
Version
Unknown
Taille de transfert
0.494631
Ressource en ligne
Population abundance: individual number of lesser-spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula Report MSFD 2024. Jade Maes ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An HTTP link to view information

Distributeur

Gestionnaire
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
Nom
text/csv
Version
Unknown
Taille de transfert
0.816492
Ressource en ligne
Datras trawl data for Lesser-spotted dogfish and Thornback ray ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download this dataset in CSV

Ressource en ligne
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )
Niveau
Jeu de données

Résultat de conformité

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explication
Voir la spécification référencée
Degré de conformité
Oui
Généralités sur la provenance
Data are collected following ICES standardized protocols, including calibration of trawl gear, data validation, and quality control checks (ISO17025-based national QC standard). ICES applies consistency checks to ensure comparability across different surveys and years. Data undergoes post-survey validation to minimize errors in species identification, length measurements, and abundance estimates. Data is collected under national and international fisheries research programs coordinated by ICES member countries. The Belgian Beam Trawl Survey (BTS) is funded under the National Data Gathering Program. The BTS has been conducted annually since 1993 (continuous time series; the survey itself started in 1992). Bottom trawl (4m beam trawl, 40mm cod-end mesh). Measurement boards for fish length (in-house SmartFish measuring board), environmental sensors, data-entry systems (Smartfish database).
Identifiant de la fiche
bmdc.be:dataset:2923 XML
Langue
English
Jeu de caractères
Utf8
Type de ressource
Jeu de données
Date des métadonnées
2026-09-15T15:30:21.241Z
Nom du standard de métadonnées
Geographic information -- Metadata
Version du standard de métadonnées
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Point de contact
  Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Rue Vautier 29 , Bruxelles , 1000 , Belgique
https://www.bmdc.be
 
 

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Mots clés

Eionet Central Data Repository
(Criteria) D1C2 - Population abundance
European Legislation Identifier
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance)
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
Marine Strategy Framework Directive marine monitoring
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Caractéristiques géographiques océanographiques
High-value dataset categories
Earth observation and environment
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
Directive 2008/56/EC
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
Nationaal
INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts
Oceanographic Geographical Features
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
Biological diversity maintained
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
Environment

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