The high resolution fishing effort layer for European trawlers in the period 2014 -2015 was derived from around 150 million AIS positions reports from EU fishing vessels above 15 m of length, operating in FAO areas 27, 34 and 37, in the period between Octobe...

The reference list of species for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 1 was reviewed by JRC with the collaboration of the MSFD Expert Network on Marine Biodiversity, composed of marine biodiversity experts nominated by the EU Member State...