Mortality rate from incidental bycatch dataset in support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 1 (D01C01, 2018 Reporting)

This dataset is part of the 2018 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 1, criterion 1. Stranded porpoises often show traces of incidental catch in fishing nets (bycatch), a major cause of death for this cetacean in the North Sea. Based on the number of stranded animals showing traces of bycatch, it can be estimated that up to a few dozen porpoises are caught per year. For extrapolation of bycatch data to effects at population level, reference is made to (future) initiatives at regional level.

Date (Creation): 2018-09-07

Date (Revision): 2021-12-08

Date (Publication): 2025-12-12

Title: Digital Object Identifier

Date (Creation): 2016-05-19

Code: https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2034

Citation identifier: http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:2034
Belgian Marine Data Centre

Other citation details: This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Jan Haelters, Francis Kerckhof (2018). Bycatch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): aerial survey. (2) Jan Haelters, Francis Kerckhof (2018). Bycatch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): bycatch. (3) GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2034 (MSFD).

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Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)	bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)	info@naturalsciences.be	Owner
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)	info@naturalsciences.be	Publisher
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Marine Ecology and Management (MARECO)	odnature@naturalsciences.be	Author
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature)	odnature@naturalsciences.be	Author
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM)	mumm@naturalsciences.be	Author
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)	bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Author

Keywords

Oceanographic geographical features
Reporting INSPIRE
Federal government

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Oceanographic geographical features

European Legislation Identifier

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance)

Marine Regions

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1

NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0

Biological diversity maintained

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Directive 2008/56/EC

Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium

Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food

INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts

Oceanographic Geographical Features

INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope

National

Eionet Central Data Repository

(Criteria) D1C1 - Mortality rate from incidental by-catch

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No conditions apply to access and use

Other constraints: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No limitations on public access.

Use limitation: No conditions apply to use.

Classification: Unclassified

Spatial representation type: Vector

Language: English

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Oceans

gml32:beginPosition: 2012-01-01

gml32:endPosition: 2016-12-31

Reference system identifier: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258

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application/vnd.ms-excel	Unknown

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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OGC:WMS	https://spatial.naturalsciences.be/geoserver/MSFD/ows?version=1.3.0&service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities	MSFD:bmdc_dataset_2034

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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OGC:WFS	https://spatial.naturalsciences.be/geoserver/MSFD/ows?version=2.0.0&service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities	MSFD:bmdc_dataset_2034

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://www.bmdc.be/NODC/ditsAttach/datasource/6420/20181204_102952Bycatch_stranded_porpoises.xlsx	Bycatch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): bycatch. Jan Haelters, Francis Kerckhof

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://www.bmdc.be/NODC/ditsAttach/datasource/6421/20181204_102838Counts_AerialSurvey.zip	Bycatch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): aerial survey. Jan Haelters, Francis Kerckhof

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2034	Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: 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

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: Yes

Statement: Direct observations of harbour porpoise are gathered by MUMM, and are presented to BMDC as excel files. These files are made available via this metadata record without any change.

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File identifier: bmdc.be:dataset:2034 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2025-12-12T16:12:47.920Z

Metadata standard name: Geographic information -- Metadata

Metadata standard version: ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Point of contact

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