Bottom Trawl Fishing Activity: Natura 2000 assessment v1.2
The Dataset indicates the location for bottom trawl fishing activity in Irish waters. Attributes when known include year, area, gear type, species, season, days per year (Days_Year), number of vessels (Vessels), vessel size (LOA_Max), gear units, classification, Area of polygon (Area_M2), and data type. This Dataset was created in support of the Natura 2000 risk assessment in 2013. Please note that this Dataset represents bottom trawl activity for vessels < 15 metres length in Irish waters.
Trust score
How is this computed?Composite of 5 axes from our methodology (proof-based officialness, live verification, metadata completeness, license clarity, agent readiness).
- Officialnessweight 25%50/100
Not public-sector → neutral score; not subject to the proof checker.
- Availabilityweight 25%55/100
Verification has failed 0 consecutive times.
- Metadata completenessweight 20%40/100
4 of 10 recommended metadata fields populated.
- License clarityweight 15%50/100
License info not yet tracked for APIs (datasets only).
- Agent readinessweight 15%10/100
Topic tags assigned
Data access
A queryable map-feature service. Its attribute schema couldn't be read automatically — query the service endpoint directly to inspect its fields.
Verification Status
Using the API
Configuration
- Base URL
- http://atlas.marine.ie/arcgis/services/Fisheries/MapServer/WMSServer?BBOX=-11.5%2C50.5%2C-4%2C56.5&CRS=CRS%3A84&FORMAT=image%2Fpng&HEIGHT=1000&LAYERS=17&REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&STYLES=default&VERSION=1.3.0&WIDTH=1000
Query examples
curl -s 'http://atlas.marine.ie/arcgis/services/Fisheries/MapServer/WMSServer?BBOX=-11.5%2C50.5%2C-4%2C56.5&CRS=CRS%3A84&FORMAT=image%2Fpng&HEIGHT=1000&LAYERS=17&REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&STYLES=default&VERSION=1.3.0&WIDTH=1000' -H 'Accept: application/json'Base API endpoint — see the documentation for available routes.