RBINS metadata catalog
Bycatch of marine mammals dataset supporting the 2024 Belgian MSFD assessment of D1C1
This dataset is part of the 2024 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 1, criterion 1. It reports the mortality rate of marine mammals, in particular harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), from incidental bycatch in the Belgian part of the North Sea, combining strandings investigations, reported incidental catches and aerial abundance surveys.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2025-02-13
- Date (Revision)
- 2026-09-14
- Date (Publication)
- 2026-09-21
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-05-19
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2921
- Identifier
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http://metadata.naturalsciences.be
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bmdc.be:dataset:2921
Belgian Marine Data Centre
- Other citation details
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This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Jan Haelters, Kelle Moreau, Bob Rumes (n.d.). Bycatch of marine mammals Report MSFD 2024. (2) Jan Haelters (n.d.). Marine mammal strandings 2016-2021. (3) OSPAR assessment on Abundance and distribution of cetaceans. (4) OSPAR assessment on Grey seal pup production. (5) OSPAR assessment on Marine mammal by-catch. (6) OSPAR assessment on Seal Abundance and Distribution.
- Keywords
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- Oceanographic geographical features
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Reporting INSPIRE
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Federal government
- 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
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No conditions apply to use.
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Metadata language
- English
- Topic category
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- Oceans
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- gml32:beginPosition
- 2020-01-01
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
- Distribution format
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text/html
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Unknown
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application/vnd.ms-excel
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Unknown
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text/html
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Unknown
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Distributor
- Name
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text/html
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.031056
- OnLine resource
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OSPAR assessment on Abundance and distribution of cetaceans
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)
An HTTP link to download
Distributor
- Name
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text/html
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.031069
- OnLine resource
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OSPAR assessment on Seal Abundance and Distribution
(
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)
An HTTP link to download
Distributor
- Name
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text/html
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.031018
- OnLine resource
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OSPAR assessment on Grey seal pup production
(
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)
An HTTP link to download
Distributor
- Name
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text/html
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.030987
- OnLine resource
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OSPAR assessment on Marine mammal by-catch
(
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)
An HTTP link to download
Distributor
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.594069
- OnLine resource
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Bycatch of marine mammals Report MSFD 2024. Jan Haelters, Kelle Moreau, Bob Rumes
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)
An HTTP link to view information
Distributor
- Name
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application/vnd.ms-excel
- Version
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Unknown
- Transfer size
- 0.076042
- OnLine resource
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Marine mammal strandings 2016-2021. Jan Haelters
(
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
)
An HTTP link to download this dataset in Excel
- OnLine resource
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
- Pass
- Yes
- Statement
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The cause of death of stranded marine mammals is investigated through necropsy using well-established protocols; harbour porpoise abundance and distribution are assessed through aerial line-transect surveys (following the SCANS methodology); data are registered in the ICES seal database. Monitoring is coordinated by RBINS, with international cooperation on strandings recording (North Sea basin strandings database) and abundance assessment (SCANS I-III surveys, ICES seal database) under the OSPAR Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme, the EU Habitats Directive and the EU Common Fisheries Policy Data Collection Framework. Aerial line-transect distance-sampling survey platform; necropsy of stranded specimens. Line-transect distance-sampling analysis of aerial survey data; necropsy-based cause-of-death determination.
- File identifier
- bmdc.be:dataset:2921 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-09-21T15:30:13.022Z
- Metadata standard name
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Geographic information -- Metadata
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
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