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Potential catch biomass summed up along the water column for the 30 main commercial fish species from the Atlantic Ocean
Citation
Valle, M.; Ramirez-Romero, E.; Ibaibarriaga, L.; Citores, L.; Fernandes-Salvador, J. A.; Chust, G.; AZTI, Marine Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Spain; Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN) - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain; (2024): Potential catch biomass summed up along the water column for the 30 main commercial fish species from the Atlantic Ocean. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/8461
Contact: Valle, Mireia

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Description

Maps of potential biomass catches (tons/year) per surface unit (0.25º latitude x 0.25º longitude) based on 3-D probability of occurrence for the main commercial fish species of the Atlantic. To map potential catches, first, mean catches (tons/year) were calculated according to Watson (2020) Global fisheries landings (V4) database for period 2010-2015 and then the total mean catch value for each species was redistributed according to the occurrence probability value that was modelled in 3-D using Shape-Constrained Generalized Additive Models (SC-GAMs). Potential catch value of each cell integrates the catches along the water column (from surface until 1000 m depth). See Valle et al. (2024) in Ecological Modelling 490:110632 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110632), for more details.


Scope
Themes:
Biology > Fish, Fisheries
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Biota, Data not evaluated, Fish catches, GeoTIFF, Metadata conformant, No limitations to public access, Species distribution, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), A, Atlantic, Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758, Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758), Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758, Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758), Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758, Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758), Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758, Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776), Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758), Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758), Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758), Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827), Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758), Pisces, Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758), Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758, Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758), Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792), Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758, Sebastes mentella Travin, 1951, Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758), Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758), Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788), Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788), Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839), Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758), Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758), Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758, Trisopterus esmarkii (Nilsson, 1855), Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758, Zeus faber Linnaeus, 1758

Geographical coverage
A, Atlantic [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
2010 - 2015

Taxonomic coverage
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776) [WoRMS]
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827) [WoRMS]
Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Pisces [WoRMS]
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792) [WoRMS]
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Sebastes mentella Travin, 1951 [WoRMS]
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) [WoRMS]
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) [WoRMS]
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) [WoRMS]
Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Trisopterus esmarkii (Nilsson, 1855) [WoRMS]
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Zeus faber Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]

Contributors
AZTI, Marine Research; Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) (AZTI), moredata creator
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalusia (ICMAN), moredata creator

Related datasets
Other relation:
3D habitat suitability maps of the 30 main commercial fish species from the Atlantic Ocean, more

Project
Mission Atlantic, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Valle, M. et al. (2024). Pan-Atlantic 3D distribution model incorporating water column for commercial fish. Ecol. Model. 490: 110632. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110632, more

Data type: Data products
Metadatarecord created: 2024-01-22
Information last updated: 2024-03-15
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