UK gridded data layers provide context for fisheries sensitivity and displacement models. The layers cover gear concentration, inter-annual variability, and seasonal variability for UK vessels fishing within the UK Exclusive Economic Zone. The data product was created by the Marine Environmental Data & Information Network and represents average conditions from 2012 to 2021.
Use Cases
- Model fisheries displacement scenarios based on gear concentration grids.
- Assess temporal fishing pressure based on inter-annual variability layers.
- Plan marine protected areas using seasonal fishing activity patterns.
- Calibrate fisheries sensitivity maps with contextual variability data.
Strengths
- Covers a decadal time range (average of 2012-2021).
- Provides gridded data for the entire UK Exclusive Economic Zone.
- Includes three distinct contextual layers: gear concentration, inter-annual variability, and seasonal variability.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
- Time Range
- Average of 2012 to 2021
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-11 08:11:19.304370; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)