6d617269-6e65-696e-666f-000000003117 UTF-8 Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek info@inbo.be 2026-01-26T00:00:00+01:00 EPSG:4326 European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS) 2023-04-27 Publication 6d617269-6e65-696e-666f-000000003117 European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS) assembles offshore monitoring data on seabirds and marine mammals. This international database mostly includes data from the North Sea, yet large parts of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean are covered as well. It finds its origin in the 'Seabirds at Sea' project, which was initiated in 1979 following the discovery of major oil potential in the North Sea and an urgent need to gain more knowledge on the occurrence and distribution of seabirds in their offshore habitat. This led to the execution of large-scale ship-based surveys across the North Sea using a standardized data collection method and a first European-wide data assembly in 1991. ESAS data are collected by various partners during aerial or ship-based surveys at sea and according to a methodology that allows to calculate georeferenced seabird densities. Standard practice further implies collecting as much information as possible on animal age, plumage and behaviour as well as observation conditions and distance to the observed individuals. As part of the WOZEP research project, ESAS data were migrated in 2022 from its former host JNCC (UK) to ICES. The ICES infrastructure allows partners to submit new data and users to download or request data. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek info@inbo.be Bureau Waardenburg bv - Consultancy for Ecology & Environment wbb@buwa.nl Research and Technology Centre office@ftz-west.uni-kiel.de International Council for the Exploration of the Sea International Council for the Exploration of the Sea International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek info@inbo.be Bio-geographical regions Habitats and biotopes Sea regions GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 Publication Attribution (CC BY) Vanermen N, Stienen EWM, Fijn R, Markones N, Holdsworth N, Osypchuk A, Pinto C, Desmet P (2022): European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS). ICES, Copenhagen, Denmark. https://esas.ices.dk. https://doi.org/10.14284/601 There are no limitations on public access to spatial data sets and services. Tabular no linguistic content; not applicable biota environment geoscientificInformation oceans -54.2481 20.2764 14.8788 79.1508 1979-01-01 1979-06-29 XYZ ASCII online information about the resource online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another online information about the resource online information about the resource online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another OGC Web Feature Service Download Service INSPIRE Download Service (WFS) OGC Web Map Service View Service INSPIRE WMS online information about the resource online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE dataset and service metadata based on ISO/TS 19139:2007 2017-03-02 Publication This metadata set is non conformant with the Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE dataset and service metadata based on ISO/TS 19139:2007 false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Publication Conformance of this data set with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services was not evaluated Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output