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1.1. Contact organisation | Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | E2: Environmental statistics and accounts; sustainable development |
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1.5. Contact mail address | e-mail contact : ESTAT-SDG-MONITORING@ec.europa.eu |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 12/04/2024 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 02/05/2024 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 02/05/2024 |
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The indicator is part of the EU Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicator set. It is used to monitor progress towards SDG 14 on conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine recources for sustainable development which is embedded in the European Commission’s Priorities under the 'European Green Deal'. SDG 14 aims to protect and ensure the sustainable use of oceans. This includes the reduction of marine pollution and the impacts of ocean acidification, the ending of overfishing and the conservation of marine and coastal areas and ecosystems. SDG 14 has strong interdependencies with a broad range of other SDGs, as oceans sustain coastal economies and livelihoods, contribute to food production and function as a carbon sink. The indicator can be considered as similar to the global SDG indicator 14.4.1 "Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels". The Common Fisheries Policy aims to ensure the long-term sustainability of the sector by safeguarding stock reproduction for high long-term yield, improving distribution of fishing opportunities, conserving marine resources and supporting the profitability of the industry. The Marine Strategy Framework Directive takes a comprehensive and integrated approach to the protection of the marine environment and natural resources with the aim of achieving good environmental status of EU marine waters that are ecologically diverse, clean healthy and productive. |
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4.1. Data description | |||
Fish stock biomass is a function of biological characteristics such as abundance and weight and can indicate the status of a fish stock when measured against reference values. This is a model-based indicator that is computed using results from single-species quantitative stock assessments. It shows the median value of fish stock biomass relative to 2003. The full time series is updated every year, sometimes including new stocks due to newly available quantitative assessments which can result in small differences from one release year to the next. |
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4.2. Unit of measure | |||
Fish stock biomass - index 2003 = 100 |
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4.3. Reference Period | |||
Calendar year |
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4.4. Accuracy - overall | |||
Indicator from non-ESS sources. For assessment of accuracy please refer to the original source (see link to external data source and metadata in section “Annexes”). |
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4.5. Source data | |||
JRC (STECF) Data source: Monitoring the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy Report (STECF) Data provider: Joint Research Centre (JRC). For the Mediterranean and Black Sea region (FAO area 37), the information were extracted from the STECF Mediterranean Expert Working Group repositories (https://stecf.jrc.ec.europa.eu/reports/medbs) and from the GFCM stock assessment forms (https://www.fao.org/gfcm/data/star). |
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5.1. Frequency of dissemination | |||
Every year Indicator is updated annually in April. |
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5.2. Timeliness | |||
> T+2 years New data points are disseminated three years after the reference year. |
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6.1. Reference area | |||
Not Applicable No data for individual countries are presented. Data cover the North-East Atlantic and adjacent seas (FAO area 27) and the Mediterranean and Black Sea region (FAO area 37). |
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6.2. Comparability - geographical | |||
Not Applicable Indicator does not refer to individual countries but to FAO areas 27 and 37. |
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6.3. Coverage - Time | |||
> 10 years Presented time series starts in year 2003. The EU aggregate is only available until 2021 to respect the time limit set to the Mediterranean and Black Sea time series. |
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6.4. Comparability - over time | |||
> 4 data points Length of comparable time series without methodological break is longer than 4 data points. The full time series is updated every year, sometimes including new stocks due to newly available quantitative assessments which can result in small differences from one release year to the next. |
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7.1. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
Analysis of indicator is presented in Eurostat's annual monitoring report on Sustainable development in the EU (progress towards SDGs in the EU context). |
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7.2. Dissemination format - online database | |||
see table sdg_14_21 |
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7.3. Dissemination format - other | |||
Eurostat dedicated section on SDGs: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/sdi/overview |
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Copyrights: Eurostat Copyright/Licence Policy is applicable. |
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