Bycatch of marine mammals dataset supporting the 2024 Belgian MSFD assessment of D1C1

This dataset is part of the 2024 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 1, criterion 1. It reports the mortality rate of marine mammals, in particular harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), from incidental bycatch in the Belgian part of the North Sea, combining strandings investigations, reported incidental catches and aerial abundance surveys.

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2025-02-13
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2026-09-14
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2026-10-15
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2016-05-19
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https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2921
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http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:2921

Belgian Marine Data Centre

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This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Jan Haelters, Kelle Moreau, Bob Rumes (n.d.). Bycatch of marine mammals Report MSFD 2024. (2) Jan Haelters (n.d.). Marine mammal strandings 2016-2021. (3) OSPAR assessment on Abundance and distribution of cetaceans. (4) OSPAR assessment on Grey seal pup production. (5) OSPAR assessment on Marine mammal by-catch. (6) OSPAR assessment on Seal Abundance and Distribution.

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

bmdc@naturalsciences.be

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)

Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB)

Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN)

Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN) Natur)

info@naturalsciences.be

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)

Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB)

Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN)

Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN) Natur)

info@naturalsciences.be

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Herausgeber
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  • Oceanographic geographical features

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    Reporting INSPIRE

    Reporting INSPIRE

    Reporting INSPIRE

  • Federal government

    Federale Overheid

    Gouvernement Fédéral

    Bundesregierung
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Marine Regions
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NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
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INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
High-value dataset categories
Eionet Central Data Repository
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  • oceanen
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Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

bmdc@naturalsciences.be

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OSPAR assessment on Abundance and distribution of cetaceans

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

bmdc@naturalsciences.be

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OSPAR assessment on Seal Abundance and Distribution

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

bmdc@naturalsciences.be

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OSPAR assessment on Grey seal pup production

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

bmdc@naturalsciences.be

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OSPAR assessment on Marine mammal by-catch

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

bmdc@naturalsciences.be

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 		https://odnature.naturalsciences.be/msfd_media/documents/D1-ANS-BE-MAMM-BYCATCH-2024-Bycatch_of_marine_mammals.pdf

Bycatch of marine mammals Report MSFD 2024. Jan Haelters, Kelle Moreau, Bob Rumes

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Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

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Marine mammal strandings 2016-2021. Jan Haelters

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 		https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2921

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Konformitätsergebnis

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Spécification
Titel
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
Verordening (EU) n r. 1089/2010 van de Commissie van 23 november 2010 ter uitvoering van Richtlijn 2007/2/EG van het Europees Parlement en de Raad betreffende de interoperabiliteit van verzamelingen ruimtelijke gegevens en van diensten met betrekking tot ruimtelijke gegevens
Règlement (UE) N° 1089/2010 de la Commission du 23 novembre 2010 portant modalités d'application de la directive 2007/2/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil en ce qui concerne l'interopérabilité des séries et des services de données géographiques
Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1089/2010 der Kommission vom 23. November 2010 zur Durchführung der Richtlinie 2007/2/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates hinsichtlich der Interoperabilität von Geodatensätzen und -diensten
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2010-12-08
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Siehe die angegebene Spezifikation
Indicatie van conformiteit met de specificatie
Degré de conformité
Pass
Bestanden
Yes
Statement

The cause of death of stranded marine mammals is investigated through necropsy using well-established protocols; harbour porpoise abundance and distribution are assessed through aerial line-transect surveys (following the SCANS methodology); data are registered in the ICES seal database. Monitoring is coordinated by RBINS, with international cooperation on strandings recording (North Sea basin strandings database) and abundance assessment (SCANS I-III surveys, ICES seal database) under the OSPAR Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme, the EU Habitats Directive and the EU Common Fisheries Policy Data Collection Framework. Aerial line-transect distance-sampling survey platform; necropsy of stranded specimens. Line-transect distance-sampling analysis of aerial survey data; necropsy-based cause-of-death determination.

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Direction opérationnelle Milieux naturels (DO Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (KBIN), Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu (OD Natuur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

Königliches Belgisches Institut für Naturwissenschaften (KBIN), Operationelle Direktion Natürliche Umwelt (OD Natur), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

bmdc@naturalsciences.be

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Keywords

Eionet Central Data Repository

(Criteria) D1C1 - Mortality rate from incidental by-catch
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

Ozeanografisch-geografische Kennwerte
Oceanographic geographical features
Caractéristiques géographiques océanographiques
Oceanografische geografische kenmerken
High-value dataset categories

Earth observation and environment
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets

Directive 2008/56/EC
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope

National
Nationales
Nationaal
National
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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