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Herring abundance

The map of herring relative abundance is mainly based on Baltic International acoustic surveys (BIAS), years 2011-2016 (ICES WGBIFS reports), reported as millions of herring / ICES rectangle. Also herring landings data were used to complement the data.


For ICES rectangles surveyed by BIAS, values shown are the mean values per ICES rectangle based on BIAS data, average for 2011-2016. For ICES rectangles not surveyed by BIAS, values are calculated as:

MAX-value x Weighting factor. The weighting factor is specific to each ICES rectangle, calculated as the ratio between the commercial landings in that rectangle and the commercial landings in the ICES rectangle with highest landings (based on averages for 2011-2016). MAX-value = millions of herring according to BIAS in the ICES rectangle with highest landings.

ICES rectangles outside the BIAS survey area with no reported herring landings were given the value 0.


The relative abundance values in each ICES rectangle were divided by the area of the rectangle to obtain values per 1km2. If the values in small coastal ICES rectangles (outside BIAS area) became unrealistically large due to high herring landings, the value of the neighboring rectangle was given. The final layer was converted to 1 km x 1km grid cells.


Values were first log transformed and normalized.

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Date (Creation)
2018-06-01
Unique resource identifier
https://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/39078590-3ee7-4e67-9d6f-f8072be3b6c6
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Species distribution

GEMET

  • marine ecology

  • fish

Keywords
  • MADS

  • HOLAS2

  • ecosystem component

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Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Biota
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Begin date
2011-01-01
End date
2016-12-31
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:3035
Distribution format
  • TIFF ( )

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

Data source:

Baltic International acoustic survey (BIAS) data from 2011-2016, from ICES WGBIFS reports

- Does not cover the whole Baltic Sea.

- Reported as millions of herring / ICES statistical rectangle

- all ages included

Landings data from EU Joint research Centre ( https://datacollection.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dd/effort/maps) from years 2011-2016 (= fisheries data).

- Data reported as tonnes / ICES statistical rectangle


Data quality:

The quality of fisheries independent BIAS data can be considered good, as the surveys are specifically designed for estimating fish abundance in the Baltic Sea. Outside BIAS area, the quality of the data decreases, as it is based on an estimate based on weighting derived from landings data.


Attribute information: Ecosystem abundance value from 0 to 1 (millions of herring / km2, log-transformed and normalized)


Spatial resolution: Original data in ICES rectangles, here 1 km x 1 km grid.


Time period and temporal resolution: BIAS data 2011-2016, landings data 2011-2016.

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Metadata language
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Date stamp
2021-09-09T11:58:39
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