MSFD (1º cycle assessment) - Descriptor 6: Seabed integrity
type: Dataset
included in data catalog: NODC Portugal
language: eng
date published: 2020-01-31
description: Under the Marine Directive 2008/56/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 June 2008, article 8 - assessment. D6 : Sea-floor integrity is at a level that ensures that the structure and functions of the ecosystems are safeguarded and benthic ecosystems, in particular, are not adversely affected. The seabed provides the foundation of a healthy marine environment. Home to millions of marine species and habitats, it generates food and oxygen in our seas and ocean and contributes to regulating the climate. Many human activities affect the quality of the seabed, particularly through physical disturbance and pollution. The most harmful are bottom-trawl commercial fishing, which has led to a significant loss of sensitive seabed habitats, and eutrophication, which causes long-lasting widespread damage to seabed habitats. Other potentially harmful activities and pressures include marine mining of sand and gravel, chemical and plastic waste, renewable energy operations, land claim, port operations, and the laying of submarine cables and pipelines. This dataset is part of the High Value/HVD Datasets identified in accordance with Implementing Regulation No. 2023/138 of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 on open data and the reuse of public sector information.
keywords: Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
keywords: MSFD
keywords: HVD
keywords: INSPIRECORE
keywords: Descriptors
keywords: IPMA, I.P.
keywords: Seabed integrity
keywords: NODC-PT
keywords: infoMapAccessService
keywords: InfoFeatureAccessService
creator: Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere, I.P. (IPMA, I.P.)
  type: Organization
  contact point: PostalAddress
    address country: Portugal
    address locality: Lisboa
    postal code: 1449-006
    street address: Polo de Algés – Av. Brasília s/n
creator: Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Safety and Maritime Services (DGRM)
  type: Organization
  contact point: PostalAddress
creator: Directorate-General for Maritime Policy (DGPM)
  type: Organization
  contact point: PostalAddress
provider: Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere, I.P. (IPMA, I.P.)
  type: Organization
  contact point: PostalAddress
    address country: Portugal
    address locality: Lisboa
    postal code: 1749-077
    street address: Rua C do Aeroporto s/n
distribution: WMS MSFD
  type: DataDownload
  encoding format: application/xml
  description: View service for MSFD data
  additional property: serviceType
    type: PropertyValue
    value: WMS
  additional property: serviceProtocol
    type: PropertyValue
    value: OGC
distribution: WFS MSFD
  type: DataDownload
  encoding format: application/xml
  description: Download service for MSFD data
  additional property: serviceType
    type: PropertyValue
    value: WFS
  additional property: serviceProtocol
    type: PropertyValue
    value: OGC
distribution: Viewer MSFD
  type: DataDownload
  description: WE ARE ATLANTIC geographic data viewer
encoding format: WMS
encoding format: WFS
spatial coverage: Place
  geo: GeoShape
    box: 34.90 -14.00 42.00 -7.20
license: http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/INSPIRE_Directive_Article13_1e
license: Use License - CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)