Data sources

North sea edition

Layer name	Main category	Sub category	Source	Last update
Countries	Management	Governance	Adapted from http://www.naturalearthdata.com (for whole region).	Jan/17
Topography	Management	Governance	https://land.copernicus.eu/pan-european/satellite-derived-products/eu-dem/eu-dem-v1.1	Apr/18
Rivers	Management	Governance	www.naturalearthdata.com	May/18
Large cities	Management	Governance	Adapted from http://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php#iceser	Oct/16
EEZ	Management	Governance	Adapted from http://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php#iceser	Oct/16
Territorial Waters	Management	Governance	Adapted from http://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php#iceser	Oct/16
Military Areas	Management	Governance	From old game, updated from North Sea Locket - www.noordzeeloket.nl (for whole region)	Mar/18
ICES rectangles	Management	Governance	ICES	Apr/18
Fossil Fuel Availability	Management	Natural resources	Old version of game	NA
Sand and Gravel Availability	Management	Natural resources	Old version of game	NA
Eutrophication Status	Management	Environmental conditions	Old version of game	NA
Current speed	Management	Environmental conditions	http://marine.copernicus.eu/ accessed in 10/2017 - mean for 0 m high 2016 mean	Oct/17
Wind Speed	Management	Environmental conditions	http://marine.copernicus.eu/ accessed in 10/2017 - mean for 10 m high 2016 mean	Oct/17
Wave Height	Management	Environmental conditions	http://marine.copernicus.eu/services-portfolio/access-to-products/(height of the sea)	Sep/18
Bathymetry	Management	Environmental conditions	http://portal.emodnet-bathymetry.eu	May/17
Sediment Type	Management	Environmental conditions	Old version of game	NA
Aquaculture (fish/algae)	Activities	Aquaculture	Old version of game	NA
Ports	Activities	Shipping	Old version of game	NA
Anchorages	Activities	Shipping	Old version of game + shipping data from Henrik 05/2018 (BE and NL EEZ only)	May/18
Cultural Heritage (wreckages)	Activities	Shipping	Old version of game	NA
Sand and Gravel Extraction	Activities	Shipping	Old version of game, updated from North Sea Atlas (2004) for the Netherlands (hand drawn by Magali)	Apr/18
Dredging deposit areas	Activities	Shipping	Emodnet + Update from north sea atlas (shapefile from Xander)	Mar/18
IMO routes	Activities	Shipping	Henrik 05/2018 sent IMO routing measures shapefiles - drawned by Magali with base on those	May/18
National Shipping Lanes	Activities	Shipping	natural earth - www.naturalearthdata.com/ne_10m_roads/ne_10m_roads	Oct/17
Shipping intensity	Activities	Shipping	Shipping model	NA
no shipping zones	Activities	Shipping	Henrik 05/2018 sent IMO routing measures shapefiles - drawned by Magali with base on those	May/18
Oil and gas offshore instalations	Activities	Energy	www.emodnet-humanactivities.eu	Apr/18
Oil and Gas Licensed Areas	Activities	Energy	www.emodnet-humanactivities.eu	Feb/18
Tidal Farms	Activities	Energy	Old version of game	Feb/18
Wave Farms	Activities	Energy	Old version of game	Feb/18
Wind Farms	Activities	Energy	Adapted from OSPAR and merged with existing wind parks from NL (Noordzee locket, oct2017)	Oct/17
Electricity Cables	Activities	Energy	Xander GIS system - source? + Old game	Feb/18
Pipelines	Activities	Energy	www.emodnet-humanactivities.eu	Apr/18
Electicity Sockets	Activities	Energy	Sockets are drawn according to the energy model	NA
Electicity Transformers	Activities	Energy	Transformers are drawn according to the energy model	NA
Telecom cables	Activities	Energy	Xander GIS system	May/17
Unused cables	Activities	Energy	Xander GIS system - source?	May/17
Wind farms -areas of search	Activities	Energy	NorthSEE partners (Andronikos)	Sep/18
Wave farms -areas of search	Activities	Energy	NorthSEE partners (Andronikos)	Sep/18
Tidal farms -areas of search	Activities	Energy	NorthSEE partners (Andronikos)	Sep/18
Recreational Interest	Activities	Recreation	From old game	NA
Lighthouses	Activities	Recreation	http://www.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/view-data.php	Apr/18
Bottom Trawl Catch	Activities	Fishing	EwE	NA
Drift and Fixed Nets Catch	Activities	Fishing	EwE	NA
Industrial and Pelagic Catch	Activities	Fishing	EwE	NA
Marine Protected Areas	Ecology	Protected Areas	More updated - https://www.protectedplanet.net/c/official-mpa-map/official-mpa-map-ver-3 from 12/2016	Dec/16
Natura 2000 (Birds Directive, Habitats Directive)	Ecology	Protected Areas	More updated - https://www.protectedplanet.net/c/official-mpa-map/official-mpa-map-ver-3 from 12/2016	Dec/16
Artificial substrate	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Bottom disturbance	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Noise	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Protected areas	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Surface disturbance	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Several species, according to regional relevance	Ecology	Birds	EwE	NA
Several species, according to regional relevance	Ecology	Fish	EwE	NA
Several species, according to regional relevance	Ecology	Macrobenthos	EwE	NA
Several species, according to regional relevance	Ecology	Marine Mammals	EwE	NA
Shanon indicator	Ecology	Biodiversity Indicator	EwE	NA
Large fish indicator	Ecology	Biodiversity Indicator	EwE	NA

Baltic sea edition

Layer name	Main category	Sub category	Source	Last update
Countries	Management	Governance	adapted from http://www.naturalearthdata.com	Jan/17
Populated places	Management	Governance	http://www.naturalearthdata.com (for whole region)	Oct/16
EEZ	Management	Governance	http://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php#iceser (for whole region)	Oct/16
Territorial Waters	Management	Governance	http://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php#iceser (for whole region)	Oct/16
Bathymetry	Management	Environmental conditions	Helcom	Dec/16
Sediment Type	Management	Environmental conditions	Helcom	Oct/17
water temperature (at Sea bottom)	Management	Environmental conditions	Helcom	May/18
Salinity	Management	Environmental conditions	Helcom (raster)	Jun/18
Eutrophication Status	Management	Environmental conditions	Helcom, (period of 2007-2011)	Oct/17
Ice Cover (Winter, summer)	Management	Environmental conditions	Helcom, (period of 2005-2009)	Oct/17
wind resource density	Management	Environmental conditions	Ri.Se Scenarios	Oct/18
wave resource density	Management	Environmental conditions	Ri.Se Scenarios	Oct/18
Military Areas	Management	Restricted areas	Open street maps	Jun/16
Elevation	(background)	(background)	Helcom	Aug/17
Bathing sites	Activities	Recreation	Helcom	Dec/16
Recreational fishing	Activities	Recreation	Helcom	Jun/16
Finfish Mariculture	Activities	Aquaculture	Helcom	Oct/17
Shellfish Mariculture	Activities	Aquaculture	Helcom	Sep/17
Renewable Energy Sources - Operational	Activities	Energy	Helcom	Feb/17
Potential Wind Farms (RI.SE)	Activities	Energy	RI.SE	Oct/18
Oil platforms	Activities	Energy	Helcom	Oct/17
Refinning Stations	Activities	Energy	helcom (refinaries)	2016
Pipelines	Activities	Energy	helcom	Updated in May 2018 (data from 2015)
Electricity Cables (from wind farms)	Activities	Energy	Helcom	Dec/18
Transformers	Activities	Energy	Derived from the land grid	Dec/18
Transmission lines (land grid)	Activities	Energy	Helcom	Dec/18
Other Cables	Activities	Energy	Helcom	Dec/18
Potencial cables (RI.SE)	Activities	Energy	Ri.SE	Oct/18
Dredging sites areas	Activities	Shipping	Helcom	Helcom date: 2018-01-15. updated in the game on 19/11/2018.
Depositing sites areas	Activities	Shipping	Helcom, removed areas under 0.250km2	Helcom update a year ago, updated for the game on 19/11/2018
Sand and Gravel extraction	Activities	Shipping	Helcom	Helcom date: 2018-01-15.added in the game on 19/11/2018.
Ports	Activities	Shipping	Helcom	Jan/17
NO shipping zones	Activities	Shipping	Derived from the Baltic Integrid geodata sent by Harald on 03/12/2018	Dec/18
IMO routes	Activities	Shipping	Helcom, updated on 28/06/2018	Dec/18
National shipping lanes	Activities	Shipping	i think this was derived from the same data set as the IMO routes	Dec/18
Fairways	Activities	Shipping	i think this was derived from the same data set as the IMO routes	Dec/18
Shipping intensity	Activities	Shipping	In game data comes from SEL (Shipping model)	NA
Marine Protected Areas	Ecology	Protected Areas	Helcom	Dec/17
Natura 2000 sites	Ecology	Protected Areas	updated according to Joana Pardus	Jan/19
Unesco Sites	Ecology	Protected Areas	Helcom	Dec/17
Baltic Sea Fisheries closure	Ecology	Protected Areas	Helcom	Oct/17
Cod Fisheries closure	Ecology	Protected Areas	Helcom	Oct/17
Breeding areas for birds	Ecology	Sensitive areas	Helcom (raster)	Oct/17
Wintering areas for birds	Ecology	Sensitive areas	Helcom (raster)	Oct/17
Cod Spawning areas	Ecology	Sensitive areas	Helcom (raster)	Oct/17
Bottom disturbance	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Artificial substrate	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Noise	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Surface disturbance	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Protection active demersal	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Protection passive demersal	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Protection Pelagic	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Several species, according to regional relevance	Ecology	Fish	EwE	NA
Several species, according to regional relevance	Ecology	Mammals	EwE	NA
Several species, according to regional relevance	Ecology	Macrobenthos	EwE	NA

Clyde marine region

Layer name	Main category	Sub category	Source	Last update
Councils	Management	Governance	Marine Scotland (Drew)	Dec/17
Marine Regions	Management	Governance	Marine Scotland (Drew)	Dec/17
Planning Regions	Management	Governance	Marine Scotland (Drew)	Dec/17
Populated Places	Management	Governance	http://www.naturalearthdata.com	Jun/17
Roads	Management	Governance	http://www.naturalearthdata.com
Railroads	Management	Governance	http://www.naturalearthdata.com
Airports	Management	Governance	http://www.naturalearthdata.com
Territorial Waters	Management	Governance
Fossil Fuel Availability	Management	Natural Resources
Sand and Gravel Availability	Management	Natural Resources
Topography			https://land.copernicus.eu/pan-european/satellite-derived-products/eu-dem/eu-dem-v1.1	Dec/17
Bathymetry	Management	Environmental conditions	Emodnet	May/17
Water Quality	Management	Environmental conditions	Marine Scotland (Drew)	Dec/17
Sediment Type	Management	Environmental conditions	Emodnet	NA
Dredging locations	Activities	Shipping	Marine Scotland (Drew)	Dec/17
Disposal Sites	Activities	Shipping	Marine Scotland (Drew)	Dec/17
Anchorages	Activities	Shipping	Marine Scotland (Drew)	Dec/17
Ports	Activities	Shipping	Marine Scotland (Drew)	Dec/17
Transport routes	Activities	Shipping	Marine Scotland (Drew)	Dec/17
Cultural Heritage (wreckages)	Activities	Shipping	Marine Scotland (Drew)	Dec/17
Harbour areas	Activities	Shipping	Marine Scotland (Drew)	Dec/17
Shipping Intensity passengers	Activities	Shipping	Marine Scotland (Drew)
Shipping Intensity Cargo	Activities	Shipping	Marine Scotland (Drew)
Shipping Intensity Tankers	Activities	Shipping	Marine Scotland (Drew)
Cables	Activities	Energy	Emodnet (only telecom cables)	Dec/17
Water temperature	Management	Environmental conditions	Not enough variance or coverage
Salinity	Management	Environmental conditions	Not enough variance or coverage
Current intensity	Management	Environmental conditions	Country/region dependent
Wind intensity	Management	Environmental conditions	newables-atlas.info, see tab for terms and conditions
Wave Power	Management	Environmental conditions
Marinas	Activities	Recreation	RYA	Dec/17
RYA Clubs and Training Centres	Activities	Recreation	RYA (via MS)	Dec/17
Scuba	Activities	Recreation	Marine Scotland Survey (Drew)	Dec/17
Rowing	Activities	Recreation	Marine Scotland Survey (Drew)	Dec/17
Canoeing	Activities	Recreation	Marine Scotland Survey (Drew)	Feb/18
Windsurfing	Activities	Recreation	Marine Scotland Survey (Drew)	Dec/17
Walking	Activities	Recreation	Marine Scotland Survey (Drew)	Jan/18
Birds Watching	Activities	Recreation	Marine Scotland Survey (Drew)	Dec/17
Sea angling from shore	Activities	Recreation	Marine Scotland Survey (Drew)	Dec/17
Sea angling from boat	Activities	Recreation	Marine Scotland Survey (Drew)	Mar/18
General Boating areas	Activities	Recreation	RYA	Dec/17
Recreational Boats shipping intensity	Activities	Recreation	Marine Scotland RYA Survey (Drew)	Dec/17
Fish Farm	Activities	Aquaculture	Marine Scotland (Drew)	Dec/17
Fishery Site	Activities	Aquaculture	Marine Scotland (Drew)
Shellfish Farm	Activities	Aquaculture	Marine Scotland (Drew)	Dec/17
Demersal trawl catch	Activities	Fishing	EwE	NA
Seine catch	Activities	Fishing	EwE	NA
Nephrops trawl catch	Activities	Fishing	EwE	NA
Scallops fleet catch	Activities	Fishing	EwE	NA
Electicity Sockets	Activities	Energy
Junction boxes	Activities	Energy
Nephrops Static	Activities	Fishing	NA anymore since we are integrating the EwE model
Nephrops Mobile	Activities	Fishing	NA anymore since we are integrating the EwE model
Scallops	Activities	Fishing	NA anymore since we are integrating the EwE model
Demersal Mobile	Activities	Fishing	NA anymore since we are integrating the EwE model
Pelagic Herring	Activities	Fishing	NA anymore since we are integrating the EwE model
Recreational Fishing	Activities	Recreation	Marine Scotland Survey (Drew)	Dec/17
Nature Tourism	Activities	Recreation	Marine Scotland Survey (Drew)	Dec/17
Other Recreational Uses (removed from scope)	Activities	Recreation	Marine Scotland Survey (Drew)	Dec/17
Natura2000 Areas	Ecology	Protected Areas	Drew (merged SPAs and SACs)	Dec/17
Marine Protected Area	Ecology	Protected Areas	Drew (might have to review types according to the fleets used in EwE	Dec/17
Bottom disturbance	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Artificial substrate	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Noise	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Surface disturbance	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Protection active demersal	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Protection passive demersal	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Protection Pelagic	Ecology	Pressure	Pressure calculation (MEL)	NA
Several species, according to regional relevance	Ecology	Fish and benthos	EwE	NA
Several species, according to regional relevance	Ecology	Birds and Mammals	EwE	NA
Telecom Sockets	Activities	Telecommunications	Emodnet
Artificial substrate	Dynamic layers	Pressure	Calculated by MSP
Bottom disturbance	Dynamic layers	Pressure	Calculated by MSP
Noise	Dynamic layers	Pressure	Calculated by MSP
Protected areas	Dynamic layers	Pressure	Calculated by MSP
Surface disturbance	Dynamic layers	Pressure	Calculated by MSP
Construction	Dynamic layers	Temporary Restricted zones	Calculated by MSP
Coastal habitats	Ecology	Habitats	Search for info
Marine habitats	Ecology	Habitats	Ask EII if they can provide this
Several species, according to regional relevance	Ecology	Birds	EwE
Several species, according to regional relevance	Ecology	Fish	EwE
Several species, according to regional relevance	Ecology	Macrobenthos	EwE
Several species, according to regional relevance	Ecology	Marine Mamals	EwE
spawning/nursery areas	Ecology	Sensitive Areas
Vulnerable areas	Ecology	Sensitive Areas