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WOT-schelpdieren: Dutch national shellfish monitoring in the coastal zone Citation Wageningen Marine Research (2019). WOT-schelpdieren: Dutch national shellfish monitoring in the coastal zone. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/6204 Contact: van der Wal, Jan Tjalling Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description Every year, Wageningen Marine Research carries out shellfish surveys in the Dutch coastal waters (Wadden Sea, Oosterschelde, Westerschelde and Coastal Zone), investigating the distribution and size of the most important commercial shellfish species. These are mainly mussels, cockles, knife hives and Japanese oysters, but also other species with a certain importance for ecology or fishing are included. In addition, catch data from professional fishing are also collected. The data is used by the government when deciding whether or not to permit fishing. more Furthermore, the survey data is important for the evaluation of control measures and impact studies in the context of Natura 2000 and the nature conservation law. Within the Natura 2000 areas of the Wadden Sea, Oosterschelde, Westerschelde, Voordelta and North Sea Coastal Zone, conservation objectives have been set for various bird species that rely on shellfish as a food source. In addition, shellfish banks are an important element in various habitat types Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Shellfish catch statistics, ANE, Netherlands, Dutch Coast, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Anthozoa, Asteroidea, Bivalvia, Gastropoda, Malacostraca, Ophiuroidea Geographical coverage ANE, Netherlands, Dutch Coast [Marine Regions] EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 3,1625; MinLat: 51,3833 - MaxLong: 6,5417; MaxLat: 53,7 [WGS84] Temporal coverage 2004 - 2017 Taxonomic coverage Parameters Contributors Wageningen University and Research Centre; Wageningen Marine Research (WMR), more, data creator Related datasets Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more URLs Data type: Data Data origin: Monitoring: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2019-03-11 Information last updated: 2022-07-20 | ||||
