1 Data information

This dataset stems from the BIOMASS project (https://biobs.jrc.ec.europa.eu/page/biomass-assessment-study-jrc). Its aim is to build a reliable database to characterize the algae sector and to support informed European policies on Blue Growth and Bioeconomy. In the framework of this project, a joint workshop between JRC, FAO and the COST Actions Phycomorph and EUalgae was organized, where the knowledge gaps and needs regarding algae biomass production were discussed. As a first step in this project information on the location of the production facilities, group of produced organism (macro/microalgae) and production method (Photobioreactors, Open ponds, Photobioreactors and open ponds, Photobioreactors and fermenters; land-based, off-shore and coastal aquaculture or harvesting) have been collected in the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and UK. The list of European algae producers is based on the list provided by European Algae Biomass Association (EABA) and combined with JRC list

1.1 Metadata

Access metadata from landing page

2 Geographical extent

2.1 Coordinates

## [1] "West-Longitude: -5.43"
## [1] "South-Latitude: 47.36"
## [1] "East-Longitude: -1.66"
## [1] "North-Latitude: 49.08"

2.2 Defined area

Map tiles by Stamen Design, under CC BY 3.0. Data by OpenStreetMap, under ODbL.

3 Macroalgae (seaweeds)

3.1 Access data

The Web Feature Service (WFS) of the EMODnet Human activities portal allows collecting the data:
https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.1.0

Available labels:

##  [1] "FID"           "id"            "siteid"        "owner_name"   
##  [5] "country"       "lat"           "long_"         "pos_info"     
##  [9] "organismgroup" "groupid"       "prodmethod_a"  "prodmethod_b" 
## [13] "prodmethod_c"  "methodid"      "species"       "the_geom"     
## [17] "y"             "x"


Download data for the defined geographical extent:

Excel file Geographic information
csv geojson

3.2 Table

Browse table’s columns by using the left and right arrows. Turn the table’s pages with help of the previous/next buttons.

3.3 Map

3.4 Map with id

3.5 Interactive map

Visualise and access data with Openlayer (click on the map)