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Overview of the ICES divisions and statistical rectangles sampled

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The map shows the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) rectangles covered by the Database Trawl Surveys (DATRAS) over the period analysed (1967-2020).

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North-East Atlantic Ocean
Survey data cover: Baltic Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat, North Sea, English Channel, Celtic Seas, Irish Sea, Bay of Biscay and the Eastern Atlantic from the Shetlands to Gibraltar

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External Data Spec ICES Statistical Areas The ICES Statistical Areas delineates the divisions and subdivisions of FAO Major Fishing area 27. A description of the area and its subareas, divisions and subdivisions follows: All waters of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and their dependent seas bounded by a line from the geographic North Pole along the meridian of 40°00' west longitude to the north coast of Greenland; thence in an easterly and southerly direction along the coast of Greenland to a point at 44°00' west longitude; thence due south to 59°00' north latitude; thence due east to 42°00' west longitude; thence due south to 36°00' north latitude; thence due east to a point on the coast of Spain (Punta Marroqui isthmus) at 5°36' west longitude; thence in a northwesterly and northerly direction along the southwest coast of Spain, the coast of Portugal, the north-west and north coasts of Spain, and the coasts of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany to the western terminus of its boundary with Denmark; thence along the west coast of Jutland to Thyborøn; thence in a southerly and easterly direction along the south coast of the Limfjord to Egensekloster Point; thence in a southerly direction along the east coast of Jutland to the eastern terminus of the boundary of Denmark with Germany; thence along the coasts of Germany, Poland, Russian Federation, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russian Federation, Finland, Sweden, and Norway, and the north coast of the Russian Federation to Khaborova; thence across the western entry of the Strait of Yugorskiy Shar; thence in a westerly and northerly direction along the coast of Vaigach Island; thence, across the western entry of the Strait of the Karskiye Vorota; thence west and north along the coast of the south island of Novaya Zemlya; thence across the western entry of the Strait of Matochkin Shar; thence along the west coast of the north island of Novaya Zemlya to a point at 68°30' east longitude; thence due north to the geographic North Pole.
External Data Spec ICES Statistical Rectangles Vector polygon representation of the ICES Statistical Rectangles. The ICES statistical Rectangles are used as bounding areas for the calculation of fish statistics, e.g. catch per unit effort (CPUE) and stock estimates,

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