Baltic Sea fisheries closure
Short description
Summary The area closed for fishing has been drawn according to EC Council Regulation No 2187/2005 of 21 December 2005 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound. Description The area closed for fishing has been drawn according to EC Council Regulation No 2187/2005 of 21 December 2005 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (amending Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 88/98). According to article 16, "it shall be prohibited throughout the year, to fish with any active gear in the geographical area enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system: 1. 54 23 N, 14 35 E 2. 54 21 N, 14 40 E 3. 54 17 N, 14 33 E 4. 54 07 N, 14 25 E 5. 54 10 N, 14 21 E 6. 54 14 N, 14 25 E 7. 54 17 N, 14 17 E 8. 54 24 N, 14 11 E 9. 54 27 N, 14 25 E 10. 54 23 N, 14 35 E
Point of contact
HELCOM Secretariat
data@helcom.fi
Spatial extent
['14.155838', '14.676877', '54.108455', '54.457903']
Type
dataset
Metadata information
Identifier
Keywords
Bio-geographical regions ; GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ;

ocean ; GEMET ;

MADS ; boundaries ;

MADS ;

Resource provider(s)
HELCOM Secretariat
data@helcom.fi

Lineage
The area closed to fisheries has been drawn according to the coordinated defined in the article 16 of the Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005.