1 Data information

EMODnet Vessel Density maps were created by Cogea in 2019 in the framework of EMODnet Human Activities, an initiative funded by the EU Commission. The maps are based on AIS data purchased by Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) and ORBCOMM. The maps show shipping density in 1km*1km cells of a grid covering all EU waters (and some neighbouring areas). Density is expressed as hours per square kilometre per month. The following ship types are available:0 Other, 1 Fishing, 2 Service, 3 Dredging or underwater ops, 4 Sailing, 5 Pleasure Craft, 6 High speed craft, 7 Tug and towing, 8 Passenger, 9 Cargo, 10 Tanker, 11 Military and Law Enforcement, 12 Unknown and All ship types. Data are available by month of year. Yearly averages are also available.

1.1 Metadata

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2 Geographical extent

2.1 Coordinates

## [1] "West-Longitude: -4.55"
## [1] "South-Latitude: 47.63"
## [1] "East-Longitude: -4.09"
## [1] "North-Latitude: 47.86"

2.2 Defined area

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

3 Vessel density (Fishing) 2017-2019

3.1 Analysis (graphs)

3.1.1 Monthly composite 2017

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3.1.2 Monthly composite 2018

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3.1.3 Monthly composite 2019

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3.1.4 Average

3.2 Analysis (data)

Monthly means (hours/km2)

Month Year_2017 Year_2018 Year_2019
1 10.59998 17.50617 10.81731
2 12.71892 10.37364 14.38935
3 17.38902 14.29047 18.45166
4 16.25728 17.70051 14.59598
5 18.07063 19.55652 16.91673
6 18.04454 16.92488 16.19717
7 17.70986 17.06278 16.25648
8 15.65510 13.36855 15.26840
9 15.20598 17.14753 14.53513
10 19.20507 19.33847 15.35556
11 16.19224 13.13291 11.57645
12 16.92173 14.03065 17.80429

4 Access data


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Year Geotiff_2017 Geotiff_2018 Geotiff_2019
Jan 1 1 1
Feb 2 2 2
Mar 3 3 3
Apr 4 4 4
May 5 5 5
June 6 6 6
Jul 7 7 7
Aug 8 8 8
Sep 9 9 9
Oct 10 10 10
Nov 11 11 11
Dec 12 12 12

5 Interactive map

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- 2017 average
- 2018 average
- 2019 average