Description
The data provided under the CC BY-NC-CA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0) constitute the available demersal and acoustic fisheries independent survey data collected under the EU DCF in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Region, in the format of the DG MARE Mediterranean and Black Sea data call. These surveys form part of the list of mandatory research surveys at sea as per Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1168 of 27 April 2021. The data provided include different surveys identified by name and it is important to note that the data availability is not consistent across all sea basins, Member States or surveys and the survey timing may vary through time and between different Geographical subareas (GSAs). The data are provided and owned by individual Member States and are made available here by the JRC for convenience, as a combined dataset. Still, it is the Member States that retain the responsibility for the completeness and accuracy of the data.
Two types of surveys are considered:
1) Demersal trawl surveys (TA = station position and haul covariates, TB = Catch (all species encountered) and length information on measured individuals, TC = biological data based on individual specimens for a selected set of species, usually those used in stock assessments). The following surveys are included under this category: MEDITS, SOLEMON, BTSBS-AUT, BTSBS-SPR, autumn, spring;
2) Acoustic survey information for selected pelagic species (t_abund_biom = total numbers and biomass at age per GSA, t_abundance = total numbers at length per GSA, t_biomass = total weight at length per GSA). The following surveys are included under this category: MEDIAS, PELMED, ECOMED, BTSBS-AUT, BTSBS-SPR, PTSBS-AUT, PTSBS-SPR, bottom, pelagic.
Contact
Contributors
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- EU Mediterranean and Black Sea Member States
How to cite
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2026): 2025 - EU Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries Independent Survey Data up to 2024. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/ef36af5d-eb4e-4a9f-9513-82a877fe71fe PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/ef36af5d-eb4e-4a9f-9513-82a877fe71fe
Keywords
acoustic survey Black Sea BTSBS DCF demersal trawl survey EU fisheries independent survey data MEDIAS Mediterranean MEDITS PTSBS SOLEMON
Data access
NOTE, not all member states have provided the last three years available data as allowed for by the DCF legal framework. These data can be requested for specific purposes from those member states only. In such cases please contact the relevant national correspondent whose email can be found at this link: https://dcf.ec.europa.eu/general-information
Geographic areas
Spatial coverage
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Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2026-01-28
- Modified date
- 2026-02-10
- Issued date
- 2026-02-05
- Landing page
- https://stecf.ec.europa.eu/data-dissemination/medbs
- Data theme(s)
- Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food
- Update frequency
- annual
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/ef36af5d-eb4e-4a9f-9513-82a877fe71fe
- Popularity
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