Historical marine fisheries data for Belgium: Data sources, data management and data integration related to the reconstruction of historical time-series of marine fisheries landings for Belgium

In spite of the €1 billion of public money spent each year in Europe on monitoring and measuring the seas (COM/2010/0461), users are still confronted with restrictions on data access. When accessible, the quality of the data may be unknown or different standards and formats may apply which make data assembling from different sources a challenging and often specialists’ task. This situation seriously hampers the opportunities to develop innovative products and services, including the use of data in advanced scientific research. This is particularly true for long-term time-series. The current ch... Mehr ...