Fishery - fishing sites for equipment

Dataset

Definition: Commercial fishing areas – delimited area in which fishing takes place using active equipment such as seines, purse seines and shrimp trawls, or passive equipment such as nets and lines. The information recorded is based on interviews with fishermen.

Updated: 15.01.2025
Submitter: Norwegian Mapping Authority
Owner: Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries

Usage

 The dataset is important in many different contexts in connection with planning and administration of coastal areas. It is used when preparing municipal coastal zone plans and zoning plans, and in regional plans as well. It is an important theme for balancing interests when dealing with applications for sea initiatives. E.g. quay facilities, marine pipelines and aquaculture.

Inspire tema: Land use

Areal

Areal: 0

Relevant areal: 0

Inspire status
ASSESSMENT POINT
STATUS VALUE
COMMENT
Metadata:
good
Metadata service status
good
Sharing of data
good
WMS:
useable
Download service WFS
useable
Download service Atom feed
good
Download service WFS or Atom-feed
good
Harmoniserte data
deficient
Spatial data service
deficient
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