The seafloor footprint of Danish fishing

This online mapping tool aims to provide accurate information on Danish fisheries with bottom-towed gears, to support science-based management of the Danish waters. It shows the spatial distribution and intensity of all bottom-towed gears used by Danish fishermen and provides quantitative fishing pressure indicators as advised by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).

The fisheries data behind this platform are processed with a similar methodology as described in van der Reijden et al. (2023) (DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105935).