RAPROCAN 202211_TRANSECTS_MicroplasticsWater

Description

The information contained in this dataset relates to the RAPROCAN 202211 campaign. This is the representation of the spatial distribution of subsurface microplastic sampling transects with Manta Trawl. The area covered by the data provided covers the Canary Islands demarcation of Member States. This is a dataset composed of linear elements, where each element represents a Manta Trawl drag transect for subsurface microplastic sampling. Each object is associated with a series of alphanumeric variables such as the name of the transect, the name of the campaign, the date and georeferencing, according to the GIS protocol of the Marine Strategies of Spain (EsMarEs) project. The geographical information collected is stored in a spatial database. This work has been financed thanks to the project ‘Technical Scientific Advice for the Protection of the Marine Environment: Evaluation and Monitoring of Marine Strategies, Monitoring of Protected Marine Areas of State Competence (2018-2024)’. Marine Strategies are the marine environmental planning instrument created under Directive 2008/56/EC (as amended by Directive 2017/845) establishing a framework for Community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive), and have as their main objective the achievement of the Good Environmental Status (GES) of our seas. The 11 Good Environmental Status descriptors form the basis for the description and determination of good environmental status of the marine environment. They are established by the Directive in its Annex I. The marine assessment areas are located within the Marine Reporting Units defined in the framework of the Marine Strategies of Spain, these Marine Reporting Units being the units used for notification to the European Commission (MRU).

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Tags

  • manta-trawl
  • microplásticos
  • estrategias-marinas
  • microplastics
  • msfd
  • directive-2008-56-ec
  • aguas-superficiales
  • transecto
  • water-column
  • transect

Topics

  • ENVI
  • TECH

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