Fish spawning grounds

This dataset shows areas where spawning fish are caught, the species and the spawning period. This information is based on interviews with fishermen, i.e. it contains information on commercial species.

Date (Creation): 2014-05-19

Date (Publication): 2014-05-19

Date (Revision): 2025-04-28

Code: gyteomrader

Purpose: Spawning grounds for fish are mapped in order to maintain the resource base and safeguard fishing interests.

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries	Frances Toynbee	kart@fiskeridir.no	Publisher
Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries	Frances Toynbee	kart@fiskeridir.no	Owner

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

Nasjonal inndeling i geografiske initiativ og SDI-er

Geodata Act
NSDI data
Norway Digital
ØkologiskGrunnkart
Modellbaserte vegprosjekter
Felles datakatalog

Nasjonal tematisk inndeling (DOK-kategori)

Kyst og fiskeri

Place

kyst
sjø
norskekysten

Theme

gytefelt
gyteområde

SOSI produktspesifikasjon

Spatial scope

National

Specific usage: The dataset is important in many different contexts in connection with planning and administration of coastal areas.

It is used when preparing municipal coastal zone plans and zoning plans, and in regional plans as well. It is an important theme for balancing interests when dealing with applications for sea initiatives. E.g. quay facilities, marine pipelines and aquaculture.

User contact info

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
			Owner

Use limitation: All bruk av data og tjenester fra Fiskeridirektoratet er underlagt Norsk lisens for offentlige data (NLOD)

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Åpne data

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Norsk lisens for offentlige data (NLOD)

Other constraints: Fiskeridirektoratet skal oppgies som kilde

Classification: Unclassified

Spatial representation type: Vector

Language: Norwegian

Topic category

Oceans

Supplemental Information: More information on the interactive map for the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries can be found here:

http://www.fiskeridir.no/Kart

Data can be downloaded from here, or from the download page for the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries:

https://kart.fiskeridir.no/nedlasting

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:25832

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:25833

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:25835

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:3035

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:4258

Distribution format

Name	Version
FGDB
FGDB	10.0
GML
GML	3.2.1
SOSI
SOSI	4.5
KML
GML
GeoJSON
Shape
FGDB
GML
SOSI

Units of distribution: fylkesvis, kommunevis, landsfiler

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
GEONORGE:DOWNLOAD	https://nedlasting.test.geonorge.no/api/capabilities/

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Conformance result

Title: SOSI produktspesifikasjon: Gyteområder

Date (Publication): 2018-08-20

Title: sosi

Date

Explanation: The data is according to the product specification

Pass: Yes

Conformance result

Title: Sosi applikasjonsskjema

Date (Publication): 2018-08-20

Title: uml-sosi

Date

Explanation: SOSI files are according to application form

Pass: Yes

Conformance result

Title: Sosi applikasjonsskjema

Date (Publication): 2018-08-20

Title: uml-gml

Date

Explanation: GML files are according to application form

Pass: Yes

Completeness omission

Name of measure: Prosentvis oppfyllelse av FAIR-prinsipper

Measure description: Angir fullstendighet i forhold til krav fra FAIR-prinsippene (The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship)

Quantitative result

Value: 90

Statement: Data is collected by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries' regional offices on the basis of interviews with fishermen for the most part. The dataset is under construction, and data from new areas will be published gradually.