The dataset contains data on individual nationally Designated Areas and corresponding Protected Site spatial features in EEA member and collaborating countries. This dataset is periodically updated.

The layer represents the distribution of potential new Italian marine/coastal Natura 2000 areas.

Polygons that represent the areas covered by specific plans of ports development (PRP Piano Regolatore Portuale) and thus not interested by MSP planning. The legal status of the plan is quite different, some of them are fully approved and legally binding (approved after 1994) some of them are old plans with updates (prp with ATF) and some are still ongoing. Attribute anno_prp contains information about approval and needs further investigation on the authority website

Structures and areas dedicated to fish restocking and nuersery protection.

Location of the main cruise ports in Italy.

Areas restricted or dangerous to navigation , normally used for naval exercises and shooting published by IIM (Istituto Idrografico Marina Militare)

Distribution of marine-coastal benthic habitats as described in the 4th National Report under Art. 17 of the Habitats Directive. Data are represented aggregated on a 10x10 km grid

WISE-Marine is a portal and infrastructure for sharing information with the marine community on the marine environment at European level. Focusing on the state of the marine environment at the European scale, WISE Marine shows the information and knowledge gathered or derived through the MSFD process and other key marine policy drivers. WISE-Marine fits in the landscape of existing Directive reporting and associated portals, European Data infrastructures and Regional Sea Convention’s – all of which are heavily dependent on data and information coming from EU member states.

The Adriatic Atlas is designed as a tool for storing, visualizing and managing all those data that are necessary in order to implement the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) and Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) policies: it represents a first support to the decision-making process, in which all the information have been harmonized at the basin level . This tool was also designed in order to allow the exposure of data at a local scale (i.e. regional scale) for all the project partners. The Atlas includes not only territorial data stricto sensu, but also the legislative and planning framework of the Adriatic marine and coastal area. By querying the map, a dialogue window opens up showing the list of legislation and/or plans of that location. The Atlas represents a starting point for future European projects that will be able to benefit of the wide range of data which are elaborated in the Atlas, thus facilitating spatial analysis of all kinds.

The EMODnet Seabed Habitats website provides a permanent single portal for accessing seabed habitat data in Europe. This includes the EMODnet broad-scale seabed habitat map for Europe (AKA EUSeaMap) and habitat maps from surveys across Europe.

Shapefile of the grid with ~7 km cells used for the SMART model in the SoS case study. The shapefile contains a field named core that contains the classification, for each cell, as Core or Marginal fishing ground. The classification was obtained through the prioritiser approach within the SMART model. The features considered were 1) Spatial Landings and 2) Spatial effort from VMS and AIS. The target variable was revenue. The fishing gear considered was the fixed longline (LLS), the threshold target was set at 55% of the total revenue

Protected areas in the coastal part of Montenegro - EMERALD.

The dataset on Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) in the EU was created in 2021 by CETMAR for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is the result of the aggregation and harmonization of datasets provided by several sources. It is released as soon a new plan is adopted or updated by an EU member state and it is available for viewing and download on EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). The dataset contains polygons, points and lines representing Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) in the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden. The MSP dataset is made up of 3 types of spatial features: MSP Spatial Plan, MSP Zoning Element and MSP Supplementary Regulation. Also there is a non spatial feature called MSP Official Documentation. The distance to coast (EEA coastline shapefile) has been calculated using the UTM WGS84 Zone projected coordinate system where data fall in.

Landings of fishery products in the ports of EEA member countries (quantity and value)

Major ferry route according to travel agencies (no GPS data) and Opens Street Data (GPS data); Combination of OpenStreetMap data for Adriatic sea that are georeferenced using GPS. Other ferry-routes have been updated using ferry companies schedules without any GPS indication.

Distribution of mammal target species in Italian marine-coastal areas as described in the 4th National Report under Art. 17 of the Habitats Directive. Data are represented aggregated on a 10x10 km grid

The biogeographical regions dataset contains the official delineations used in the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and for the EMERALD Network set up under the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention)

Morphology of the coast for the Ionian Italian regions

Landings of fishery products in the ports of EEA member countries (quantity and value)

Submarine pipelines for the transportation of hydrocarbons in the Emilia-Romagna, Marche and Veneto marine area