Area important for fishery activity#
Broader “Criteria class”
Description#
The area is important for fishing, which occurs in that place or has the potential for it to occur. The area could also be important to the sector because it presents characteristics and conditions that sustain the fishery in another location. Eg: because it is a breeding and spawning zone.
Source
WWF (2022); WWF European Policy Office (2022a); WWF European Policy Office (2022b); MSFD Annex III Table 1; IMO PSSAs; DEVOTES indicators