Distribution of hydrocarbon exploration licence areas at sea. Hydrocarbon exploration, research and production activities in Italy are governed by Law No. 6 of 11 January 1957,...

Areas suitable/unsuitable for exploration and research activities and only for new cultivation activities present in the territorial scope of reference for the SEA and not...

Areas suitable/unsuitable for hydrocarbon cultivation activities present in the territorial scope of reference for the SEA and not falling within the areas of Level I layers...

Distribution of invertebrates target species in Italian marine-coastal areas as described in the 4th National Report under Art. 17 of the Habitats Directive. Data are...

Critical Cetacean habitat refers to those parts of a cetaceans range, either a whole species or a particular population of that species, that are essential for day-to-day...

The EBSAs are special areas in the ocean that serve important purposes, in one way or another, to support the healthy functioning of oceans and the many services that it...

Italian IBAs provided by the Italian National Geoportal (GN). The associated table contains the following information: IBA_CODE, IBA area code; IBA_NAME, name of the IBA area;...

The Pelagos sanctuary is a marine area of 87,500 km² that was created by an agreement between Italy, the Principality of Monaco and France for the protection of the marine...

The layer represents the distribution and main characteristics of research and experimentation sites on the Italian seas and coasts.

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) is one of the few RFMOs worldwide entitled to adopt spatial management measures that regulate or restrict human...

The dataset on Natura 2000 sites was created in 2014 by Cogea for the European Marine Observation and Data Network. It is entirely based on spatial data from the European...

The dataset on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) established under the framework of the Regional Sea Conventions (RSCs) was created in 2023 by Cogea for the European Marine...

Italian coastal Ramsar sites.

Ramsar sites updated at September 2011. Ramsar sites are areas of the Italian territory that meet the requirements of the international convention on wetlands ,particularly...

Ecological status of surface water bodies (lakes, marine-coastal waters and territorial waters) - Report District Management Plans 2016 according to the Water Framework...

The WISE WFD quality elements status contains information about the ecological status or potential of European surface water bodies, delineated for the River Basin Management...

This dataset shows the global distribution of seamounts and knolls identified using global bathymetric data at 30 arc-sec resolution. A total of 33,452 seamounts and 138,412...

Data derives from Sergio Ragonese's article, published on July 2017. Aim of this paper is to establish discrete (well delimited and not diffuse) nurseries of the Parapenaeus...

Data derives from Sergio Ragonese's article, published on July 2017. Aim of this paper is to establish discrete (well delimited and not diffuse) nurseries of the Mullus...

Data derives from Sergio Ragonese's article, published on July 2017. Aim of this paper is to establish discrete (well delimited and not diffuse) nurseries of the Eledone...