Herring Nursery Grounds

This dataset shows the general distribution of Herring nursery grounds in Irish coastal waters. Marine nursery areas are habitats that promote the survival of young commercially important fish species.

Data and resources

Esri Shapefile

Esri Shapefile

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ie004019

View map "IE004019" through the EMODnet Seabed Habitats "Map Library" Web Map Service.

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ie004019

View map "IE004019" through the EMODnet Seabed Habitats "Map Library" Web Feature Service.

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EMODnet Seabed Habitats download

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Portable Document Format (.PDF)

Portable Document Format (.PDF)

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Web Map Service

Web Map Service

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Web Map Service

Web Map Service

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Unnamed resource

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Marine Institute home page

Marine Institute home page

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Additional information

Temporal extent	2009-03-01 – 2009-12-31
Date (creation)	2009-03-01
Date (publication)	2018-09-04
Date (revision)	2021-06-11
Status	onGoing
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-04
Created	2026-11-04
API	package_show