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European Atlas of the Seas

The European Atlas of the Seas provides information about Europe’s marine environment. Users can view predefined and ready to use maps, covering topics such as environment, tourism, security, energy, transport, litter, sea bottom, fishing activity, aquaculture, and much more.

Users can also benefit from an enriched catalogue with more than 250 map layers, covering a wide range of topics, to explore, collate and create their own maps. These maps can be printed, shared and embedded in articles or presentations. The Atlas is the ideal tool for schools, researchers and professionals, or anyone wishing to know more about the European seas and its coastal areas.

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Are you a teacher or an educator interested in ocean literacy? The teachers’ corner of the European Atlas of the Seas contains exercises for different age groups as well as communication tools. It is an open platform where you can find and share information, educational material, inspirations and much more!
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0Map of the Week – Conserving deep sea ecosystems

This Map of the Week shows the priority areas for conservation of several vulnerable marine ecosystems and commercial fish species in the deep sea, taking into account the predicted change in habitat under a business-as-usual climate change scenario, the connectivity between different areas as well as the economic implications for human activities like fishing and deep sea mining.

Last update: 26/06/20
0Map of the week - Satellite and In Situ Observations for Advancing Ocean Monitoring

In this map of the week, we invite you to compare the satellite-based output with corresponding field-monitoring data on chlorophyll-a concentrations.

Last update: 19/06/20
0Map of the week – Blue Economy – Marine Renewable Energy

The map of the week shows the location and status the European offshore wind farms as well as the locations of test sites for newer marine renewable energy technologies like tidal and wave energy.

Last update: 12/06/20
0Map of the week – Integrated Coastal Zone Management

The map of the week shows the locations of the different Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) projects involved in the OURCOAST initiative, the theme of the project as well as the support from different European funds.

Last update: 05/06/20
0Map of the week – Fishing vessel density

The map of the week shows the density of fishing vessels in European waters derived using AIS technology.

Last update: 29/05/20
0Map of the week – Predictive habitat map for MSFD

The map of the week features the latest EUSeaMap (from 2019) that shows the predicted distribution of the different Benthic Broad Habitat types defined by the MSFD throughout European waters.

Last update: 20/05/20
05th Steering Committee Meeting of the European Atlas of the Seas

The Atlas represents 14% of page views on the ec.europa.eu DGMARE

Last update: 17/05/20
0Map of the week – European Maritime Day

This map of the week shows the venues for the annual European Maritime Day stakeholder conference since its inception.

Last update: 15/05/20
0Map of the week – Seabed litter – Fishing related items density

The map of the week shows the density of fishing-related items at the seafloor.

Last update: 08/05/20
0Map of the week – Blue Indicators – Employment in the Blue Economy

The map of the week shows the employment in the Blue Economy as a percentage of the overall active population.

Last update: 30/04/20

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