The fifth phase of the EMODnet Seabed Habitats project will continue the work on developing Europe’s only habitat map library; create new composite data products showing the extent and distribution of vulnerable marine ecosystems and potentially degraded habitats in and around Europe; update the EMODnet large-scale benthic habitat maps for Europe (EUSeaMap); collaborate with Regional Sea Conventions (RSCs) and ICES Working Groups to provide habitat mapping products for their reporting and monitoring requirements; and maintain and improve common methods of accessing data held in repositories.
