Use constraints: Data can be used freely given that the source is cited (following creative commons license CC-BY). The source should be cited as: “HELCOM HOLAS 3 Dataset (2023)"

Data source:

The data was made available by HELCOM Contracting Parties in response to a data call.

The data was reported by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, and Sweden.

The activity was declared as not relevant in Germany, Latvia and Poland.

Data quality:

Datasets used to build the layer include numbers of hunted seal, reported for different units in different countries (counties, territorial waters). Due to differences in the reporting units, the accuracy of the data varies across the Baltic Sea. Seal hunting not reported for all countries.

Attribute information: Raster value representing number of hunted seals in the hunting district in relation to hunting quota.

Spatial coverage: Entire Baltic Sea.

Spatial resolution:

Original data reported for counties and territorial waters, depending on country. Here 1 km x 1 km grid.