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Vulnerable Marine EcoSystems Portal > Download data

On this page you can filter and download ICES Vulnerable Marine EcoSystems data. Data are also available through web services.
You can see an inventory of the Vulnerable Marine EcoSystems database:

Year

VME Indicator

VME Habitat Type

Data access

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Please confirm your acceptance of the following conditions before downloading data.

Within the VME dataset,available at http://vme.ices.dk , data are classified as either public or restricted.

Public data follow the ICES Data policy, restricted data may be available on request according to the procedure described below.

Public Data

1. Correct and appropriate data interpretation is solely the responsibility of data users.

2. Data Users must not expressly or otherwise imply ICES substantiation of their work, results, conclusions and/or recommendations. 3. Data sources must be duly acknowledged.

4. Data Users must respect any and all restrictions on the use or reproduction of data, such as restrictions on use for commercial purposes.

5. Data Users are obliged to inform ICES of any suspected problems in the data.

6. Data Users are encouraged to inform ICES of possible sources of other relevant data.

The full ICES Data Policy can be accessed on this link: http://ices.dk/data/guidelines-and-policy/Pages/default.aspx

Restricted Data

Some data within the ICES VME Database may be classified as restricted as determined by the data provider (see ICES VME Data call on link) http://www.ices.dk/data/Documents/Data_calls/20150610_VME_datacall_2015_2.pdf

Data users should note:
1. Only high level metadata for restricted records are available for download

2. Where available, the Responsible Organisation and Point of Contact is provided for each record, to enable the Data User to make a request direct to the Point of Contact.

Year	VME_indicator	Habitat Type	No. Measurements	Data Access
2018	Cup coral		22	Restricted
2018	Gorgonian		64	Restricted
2019	Black coral		3	Restricted
2019	Stony coral		2	Restricted
2019	Sponge		109	Restricted
2019	Soft coral		1	Restricted
2019	Sea-pen		127	Restricted
2019	Cup coral		1	Restricted
2019	Gorgonian		54	Restricted
2020	Sponge		169	Restricted
2020	Soft coral		137	Restricted
2020	Sea-pen		69	Restricted
2020	Gorgonian		20	Restricted
2021	Black coral		9	Restricted
2021	Sponge		87	Restricted
2021	Sea-pen		93	Restricted
2021	Gorgonian		49	Restricted
2010		Cold-water coral reef	320	Restricted
2011		Cold-water coral reef	1	Restricted
2012		Cold-water coral reef	136	Restricted
2016		Cold-water coral reef	6	Restricted
2017		Cold-water coral reef	16	Restricted
2018		Cold-water coral reef	19	Restricted
2019		Cold-water coral reef	3	Restricted
2012		Coral Garden	18	Restricted
2016		Coral Garden	65	Restricted
2017		Coral Garden	67	Restricted
2018		Coral Garden	321	Restricted
2019		Coral Garden	12	Restricted
2012		Deep-sea Sponge Aggregations	14	Restricted
2016		Deep-sea Sponge Aggregations	1	Restricted
2017		Deep-sea Sponge Aggregations	7	Restricted
2018		Deep-sea Sponge Aggregations	109	Restricted
2019		Deep-sea Sponge Aggregations	4	Restricted
2018		Hydrothermal vents/fields	1	Restricted
2012		Seapen fields	55	Restricted
2017		Seapen fields	29	Restricted
2018		Seapen fields	75	Restricted
2019		Seapen fields	4	Restricted
2017		Tube-dwelling anemone aggregations	2	Restricted
2018		Tube-dwelling anemone aggregations	51	Restricted
2019		Tube-dwelling anemone aggregations	1	Restricted
2018		Xenophyophore aggregations	13	Restricted
2019		Xenophyophore aggregations	4	Restricted

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