Hypoxia Avoidance by Bottom Trawl Fisheries in the Western Baltic Sea

218,272 data points underlie the analysis for the article "Hypoxic conditions are avoided by bottom trawl fisheries". The dataset contains measured environmental parameters and associated fisheries data for the Western Baltic Sea. It supports research on how demersal fisheries adapt their behavior to sublethal oxygen stress.

Use Cases

• Modeling fisheries habitat avoidance based on measured oxygen levels.
• Analyzing spatial-temporal patterns of trawl effort relative to hypoxic conditions.
• Assessing sublethal stress thresholds for demersal species from environmental parameters.
• Informing marine spatial planning with data on fishery-environment interactions.

Strengths

• Contains 218,272 data points, providing a substantial basis for statistical analysis.
• Explicitly linked to a peer-reviewed publication (DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2026.104940), ensuring academic relevance.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Column names and a precise row count are not provided in the available metadata, limiting immediate understanding of the data structure.
• The dataset's temporal coverage and specific spatial resolution within the Western Baltic Sea are not explicitly stated.

Provenance

Source

Data underlying the analyses in the article "Hypoxic conditions are avoided by bottom trawl fisheries" by Karin J. van der Reijden.

Collection Method

Likely contains field measurements of environmental parameters and associated fisheries logbook or VMS data.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-20.

Geography

Western Baltic Sea