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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
1984	Sea-pen		27	Public
1984	Gorgonian		3	Public
1983	Sponge		1	Public
1982	Sponge		9	Public
1982	Gorgonian		2	Public
1981	Sponge		1	Restricted
1981	Sponge		5	Public
1981	Soft coral		1	Public
1981	Sea-pen		3	Public
1981	Gorgonian		1	Public
1980	Sponge		1	Public
1980	Sea-pen		3	Public
1979	Sponge		4	Public
1978	Sea-pen		1	Public
1976	Sponge		5	Restricted
1976	Soft coral		11	Restricted
1975	Sea-pen		1	Public
1974	Sea-pen		22	Public
1974	Gorgonian		10	Public
1973	Sponge		6	Public
1973	Sea-pen		4	Public
1973	Gorgonian		16	Public
1972	Soft coral		1	Public
1972	Sea-pen		5	Public
1972	Gorgonian		9	Public
1971	Sponge		4	Restricted
1971	Soft coral		3	Restricted
1971	Stony coral		3	Public
1969	Gorgonian		2	Public
1968	Gorgonian		1	Public
1967	Gorgonian		4	Public
1958	Soft coral		9	Restricted
1958	Gorgonian		2	Restricted
1934	Sponge		2	Public
1900	Stony coral		52	Restricted
1900	Sea-pen		4	Restricted
1900	Black coral		26	Public
1900	Stony coral		495	Public
1900	Soft coral		134	Public
1900	Sea-pen		107	Public
1900	Gorgonian		465	Public
1900		Cold seeps	11	Public
1900		Hydrothermal vents/fields	1	Public
1894	Sponge		1	Public

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